Quality Engineer

I Holland Limited is a world-leading manufacturer of tablet punches and dies. With 80 years of experience, we are a British industrial success story trusted by thousands of customers in more than 100 countries for precise tooling solutions, engineering expertise and innovation.

We are looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team and support the Quality Manager in maintaining and improving our Quality Management System. You will help strengthen process control, support certification activities and promote a culture of continuous improvement across the business.

Reporting to: Quality Manager

Working hours: 7:30am-4:00pm with flexibility

• Plan and carry out detailed, investigative internal audits, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain inspection equipment and gauge calibration records.
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations, including 8D investigations.
• Support recertification to ISO 9001:2015 and certification to ISO 14001:2015.
• Participate actively in continuous improvement activities.
• Maintain and improve work-instruction controls within business systems.
• Support the maintenance and implementation of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Deliver quality-related training and education to employees when required.

• HNC in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
• Internal auditing qualification and practical internal-audit experience.
• At least two years' quality assurance experience within an engineering environment.
• Experience of 8D investigations, inspection equipment calibration and root cause analysis tools such as 5 Whys and fishbone analysis.
• Ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of ISO standards and certification, corrective action methods and statistical data analysis.
• Strong communication, planning, influencing and written reporting skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office and quality software packages.
• Full, clean driving licence and willingness to visit customers and suppliers.

• ISO 9001 qualification.
• Root cause analysis qualification.
• Experience of leading 8D investigations and conducting supplier audits.
• Basic software-programming capability.

• The opportunity to join an established, internationally recognised British engineering business.
• A role with genuine scope to influence quality, systems and continuous improvement.
• A Profit Related Payment bonus scheme, subject to the scheme rules and successful completion of probation.