Quality Engineer

C-Tech Ltd; Avondale; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

C-Tech Ltd in Auckland, New Zealand, is seeking a Quality Engineer to join its growing team. This hands-on manufacturing quality role ensures products are manufactured and inspected to customer, regulatory and company requirements.

Based at Rosebank Road, Avondale, the role works with Engineering, Production and Supply Chain to keep quality at the forefront and drive continuous improvement. A degree or diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality, plus at least 5 years’ hands-on quality

Qualifications

• A degree or diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Material or related technical disciplines.
• A minimum of 5 years' hands-on quality experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with formal quality management systems (ISO 9001, AS9100).
• Experience in aerospace, marine, defence or advanced manufacturing industries.
• Experience in composites manufacturing is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Oversee product and process quality control on the factory floor.
• Develop and maintain inspection and control plans.
• Lead investigations of non-conformances using 5 Why, Fishbone, 8D.
• Support incoming, in-process and final inspections.
• Perform data analysis and report quality performance.
• Coordinate supplier quality audits and corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with C-Tech's Quality Management System.
• Promote a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.

Skills

Reading engineering drawings

Data analysis

Quality reporting

Root cause analysis

Education

Degree or Diploma in Engineering/Manufacturing/Quality/Materials

Tools

ISO 9001 / AS9100

Job description

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Join one of New Zealand's leading composite manufacturers as our Quality Engineer.

This role is a key part of our carbon fibre solutions used across marine, aerospace, defence and high-performance applications. This is an opportunity to apply your Quality Engineering skills to a Kiwi success story approaching 30 years in business.

Our Quality Engineer role is a full-time role, based in our office and factory site in Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland. You will work within an office team of 20 and a greater team of 65.

The Role:

The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring products are manufactured and inspected in accordance with customer, regulatory and company requirements. This is a hands-on manufacturing quality role requiring a technically competent individual with proven experience in quality engineering within a manufacturing environment.

The Quality Engineer works closely with Engineering, Production, Supply Chain and Customers to ensure products consistently meet specification and quality standards.

What you will do:

• Product and process quality control. Ensuring products are manufactured complying with approved drawing, specifications, work instructions and customer requirements.
• Support of incoming, in-process and final inspection activities.
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, control plans and quality checklists.
• Lead investigation of internal and external non-conformances.
• Facilitate root cause analysis using recognised methodologies such as 5 Why, Fishbone analysis, Fault Tree analysis and 8D.
• Provide daily support on quality matters on the factory floor.
• Data analysis and reporting of quality performance data.
• Direct supplier quality audits, non-conformance and corrective actions.
• Support compliance with C-Tech's Quality Management System.
• Promote a culture where quality is the responsibility of every employee.

Experience required for this role:

• A degree or diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Material or related technical disciplines.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in a hands-on quality role within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working within a formal quality management system, for example ISO 9001, AS9100.
• Work experience in aerospace, marine, defence or advanced manufacturing industries.
• Experience in composites manufacturing an advantage.

Technical skills required for this role:

• Ability to read engineering drawing and specifications.
• Analytical abilities in interpreting data that results in meaningful information that can be applied to improvement processes.
• Use of quality reporting tools to present the facts required for evidence-based quality recommendations.
• Be part of a globally connected business with operations in New Zealand and Spain.
• Make a difference in continuing to drive excellence with our high-quality engineered solutions.
• C-Tech has a down to earth, energetic culture that values initiative and excellence.