Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Jackson Hogg Ltd; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist engineering firm in the Newcastle upon Tyne area seeks a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to provide quality management support and to maintain ISO 9001 accreditation. The ideal candidate will possess lead auditor certification, significant experience in quality management, and a deep understanding of processes in engineering. This role covers internal and external audits, compliance with quality standards, and facilitating quality training.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in quality management with a strong foundation in ISO 9001.
• Experience in complex engineering and manufacturing environments.
• Ability to facilitate and conduct training on quality processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality support and advice to all business functions.
• Review and update the quality management system regularly.
• Manage internal and external audit programmes.
• Identify gaps in quality requirements and implement closure methods.
• Support supplier onboarding through new supplier audits.

Skills

Significant experience of quality management

Excellent understanding of engineering and manufacturing processes

Proficient report writing and metric generation skills

Strong MS Office knowledge

Knowledge of project management processes

Education

Diploma in Quality Management

Lead Auditor (IRCA Registered) in ISO 9001

Knowledge of ISO 14001 & 45001

Job description

Jackson Hogg have partnered with a specialist engineering business in the Newcastle upon Tyne area on a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer position.

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Responsibilities

• Provide quality related support and advice to all functions within the business.
• Provide client quality related planning, documentation and feedback.
• Review and update the company quality management system on a routine basis.
• Maintain the ISO 9001 accreditation of the company quality management system.
• Plan and execute the internal company audit programme.
• Plan and execute the external supplier audit programme.
• Manage the company Issue Management (Non-Conformance) process.
• Produce progress reports and metrics.
• Provide support and advice to the sales team regarding budgets applicable quality standards and regulations.
• Provide support and advice to the project management and engineering teams regarding applicable quality standards and regulations and any specific client quality requirements applicable to projects.
• Identify risks/opportunities whilst supporting the sales and projects teams, identifying, quantifying and implementing mitigating actions, as appropriate.
• Facilitate client audits, log and distribute actions then manage closure of all findings.
• Hold follow up audits and reviews, as necessary, to ensure all findings are closed out in a timely manner.
• Manage the ongoing review of the company quality management system and processes to ensure they remain current and effective.
• Identify any gaps in requirements in the quality management system and develop then implement the gap closure method in conjunction with the process owner.
• Ensure each process owner reviews and updates their area of the quality management system on an annual basis.
• Identify needs for refresher training for functions where it has been highlighted (e.g. by audit, issues, concessions etc.) that process has not been understood and/or followed.
• Plan then facilitate the ISO 9001 quality management system audits
• Manage the annual internal company quality management system audit programme, developed on a risk-based approach, considering process, departmental functions and projects. The audit programme should also be coordinated with the external ISO9001 audits.
• Support the supplier on-boarding process, including undertaking new supplier audits, ensuring a robust and consistent approach is taken for adding new suppliers to the Approved Vendors List.

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Requirements

• Significant experience of quality management
• Lead Auditor (IRCA Registered) in ISO 9001 (essential) 14001 & 45001 (desirable)
• Diploma in Quality Management (desirable)
• Full understanding of ISO 9001:2015 quality management systems.
• Excellent understanding and working knowledge of processes and procedures in a complex engineering and manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of project management process and methodologies
• Proficient report writing and metric generation skills backed up by strong MS Office knowledge.