Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Our clients based close to Winchester have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join their growing team.

The Quality Engineer will be an agent for change. They will possess a strong character to drive change throughout the organisation and will be a decision-maker whose natural inclination is to base decisions on facts and data.

Responsibilities

Responsible for oversight of the quality-related performance of assigned product streams
Supporting daily shopfloor performance meetings and actioning quality related activities
Attending and facilitating production initiated QRQC events
Spearheading the continuous improvement culture in production and manufacturing teams
Ensuring compliance with processes and procedures through continual verification of operations activities
Conformity of product; compliance to design, customer and regulatory requirements
Capture and analyse manufacturing metrics to identify trends, gaps and opportunities for improvement; and facilitating the realisation of those improvements
Assist with machine and process capability studies using data and statistical techniques
Support the running of trials and other process improvement initiatives
Implement and support the 5S and workflow improvement activities in manufacturing areas
Ensure adequate installation and control of fixtures, jigs and tooling and calibration/maintenance thereof
Generate and maintain Quality Control Plans and process flow charts to support manufacturing processes
Adjudication and supporting technical liaison with suppliers on part concerns and rejections
Timely response to customer and internal concerns raised, including effective containment and corrective action as necessary to secure conformity of product and service
Supporting the RMA root cause analysis activities, liaising with the operations teams Engineering support
Work closely with Design and Production Engineering to enhance the manufacturing quality assurance
Participate in the creation and maintenance product and process flow documentation, SOP s and work instructions in conjunction with the Production Engineering function
Support the Product Development and Design Engineering function from a quality perspective as part of the APQP and PPAP processes

Required Skills & experience:

• Experience implementing culture change
• Experience with supplier and component issues
• Experience working with Quality Tools and techniques

Working hours:

7:30 to 16:45 Monday Thursday
7:30 to 12:00 on Friday