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Quality Technician/Engineer
Job summary
A specialized engineering firm located in Northampton is looking for a Quality Engineer to lead quality assurance processes in plastic and rubber manufacturing. The role requires strong experience with automotive customers and a technical degree. Responsibilities include conducting inspections and audits, analyzing defects, and liaising with production departments. This is an onsite position with a competitive salary of £36,000.
Qualifications
- Strong experience with automotive quality systems and understanding customer requirements.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Understanding of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.
Responsibilities
- Lead quality assurance processes ensuring products meet standards.
- Respond to customer returns and analyze defects.
- Perform inspections and audits on components.
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Quality Engineer - Plastic & Rubber Manufacturing
Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire. Onsite role
Shifts: Monday-Thursday 8:00-17:00, Friday 8:00-13:00. No weekend work
Salary: £36,000
- Lead quality assurance processes, ensuring products meet industry and customer standards.
- Deal with and respond to customer returns, then analyse where issues or defects are originating.
- Lead problem solving activities using industry standard methodologies: 8D, 5 Whys, 3C, DMAIC, Ishikawa (fishbone) diagrams, FMEA.
- Liaise with internal departments, such as production and management.
- Measure parts using a variety of skills and tools.
- Perform inspections, audits (including third-party audits), and testing on plastic and rubber components.
- Coordinate document control specifications, standards, and procedures.
- Strong experience working with automotive customers quality systems and understanding customer requirements.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a technical focus or time served in a comparable role.
- An understanding of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.
- Understanding of quality tools and techniques (8D, Lean, 5 Whys, Pareto Analysis, Six Sigma, DFMEA, PFMEA, PPAP, APQP, MSA, etc. preferred).
- Experience in the rubber & plastic injection moulding industry is advantageous.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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