Senior Quality Engineer

Dormont Manufacturing Co; Newquay; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva in Newquay, England, is looking for a Quality Engineer to support operations and lead continuous improvement initiatives. This role requires a logical, self-motivated individual with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.

You will develop plans for quality engineers, review production compliance, and analyze data to improve processes. Ideal candidates should be able to work under minimal supervision while leveraging their leadership skills to resolve quality issues effectively.

Qualifications

• Must be motivated and able to work to deadlines.
• Ability to lead others in a cross-functional team.
• Alogical and inquiring approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Support operations teams in evaluating non-conformances.
• Develop and maintain quality engineers' development plans.
• Review production environment for compliance improvements.
• Coordinate failure investigations and corrective actions.
• Collect and analyze production data to reduce complaints.

Skills

Leadership in cross-functional teams

Logical problem solving

Initiative and self-motivation

Data analysis and reporting

Job description

Be part of something altogether life-changing!

Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life‑saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity – so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term.

Cytiva is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

What you’ll do:

• Support and lead the operations teams and engineers when required in the evaluation, trending and reporting of internal and external non‑conformances to establish priorities and identify common threads aimed at a continuous reduction in internal non‑conformance occurrences via internal or supplier process improvements.
• Develop, manage and maintain the development plans for the quality engineers in QA.
• Actively review the production environment identifying non‑conformity, areas to improve compliance.
• Coordinate and report relevant failure investigations and subsequent corrective and preventive actions and review their effectiveness.
• Work with the engineers to collect, analyse, trend and report data on rejects from routine production inspections and QC tests and related processes to establish improvement priorities and identify common threads aimed at a reduction in external complaints. Work with QA specialists and others as appropriate to ensure that production inspections and QC tests are aligned with customer needs.

Who you are:

• Ability to lead others when working within a cross‑functional team.
• Logical, inquiring approach to work.
• Must be motivated and able to work to deadlines.
• Ability to work without supervision, using own initiative, prioritising work as appropriate whilst maintaining a cross‑functional team approach.
• Able to make reasoned and objective decisions where necessary and communicate these in an effective manner.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Quality/engineering leadership.
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events/improvement activities.
• Conduct QMS and manufacturing audits.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.