Quality Engineer

Role: Quality Engineer

Location: Cheltenham

Salary: £40,000 - £43,000

Benefits:

• 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing Day
• Private Medical Insurance
• Bonus scheme
• Share scheme
• Enhanced pension plan
• Life assurance
• On-site gym
• Free on-site parking
• Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles

The Quality Engineer plays a pivotal role in providing technical support to the production manufacturing teams and wider stakeholders to ensure quality performance is in line with customer expectation and supporting end to end operations. To report quality metrics, trends and identification of quality improvement themes to ensure robust countermeasures and preventive solutions are implemented.

• Have in depth knowledge of the internal Quality Management System (QMS) and product requirements, quality tools and techniques.
• Timely inspection of raw materials, mechanical components, and sub-assemblies upon arrival and verify conformity to purchase orders, technical drawings, and specifications.
• Ensure timely action on Internal Failure (NCR) and associated Field Failure (FFR) complaints and issues via the Fusion Product Life Cycle (PLM) system, including dispositions, investigations and timely reporting, including decisive decisions attributed to remedial, containment and solutions.
• Analyse NCR and FFR data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead and participate in projects and continuous improvement activities to enhance product quality and manufacturing processes.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma and Agile methodologies to all activities, driving cost efficiency and operational excellence.
• Support traceability of inspected items through batch numbers, certificates of conformity, and delivery documentation and review, upload / approve EN10204 material certificates.
• Actively ensure compliance with ISO
  9001/PED/ISO
  14001 and other relevant voluntary, regulatory/statutory requirements within UK Supply, conduct internal audits to assure compliance, CAPA completion and support notified body audits.
• Support external and customer audits/inspections as required.
• Responsible for maintaining appropriate welding compliance to relevant codes and standards including the management of welder qualifications.
• Conduct non‑destructive testing.
• Deliver planned performance levels in accordance with agreed departmental key performance indicators (KPI).
• Actively resolve internal and external issues to ensure quality, compliant product is delivered in line with customer service metrics.
• Actively engage with business and departmental continuous improvement initiatives.

• Experience in manufacturing processes.
• Recognised engineering qualification or Apprenticeship e.g. HNC/HND or equivalent.
• ISO
  9001 / 14001 Lead auditor.
• General knowledge of steam product ranges and heat exchanger‑based system design experience (advantageous).
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to build constructive and positive relationships across the business at all levels.
• Personal resilience, ability to perform under pressure, work to deadlines and managing conflicting priorities.
• Strong computer literacy including MS Office.
• Analytical/methodical problem solver.

For further details, please contact Nick Sollis or email your CV.