Quality Engineer

Location: Slough, Greater Manchester, GB, M24 5

Salary: £42,000-£50,000 plus other benefits

My client is looking for a Quality Engineer to join their business on a permanent basis in the Slough area. The ideal candidate will have a good understanding and passion for Lean Manufacturing and will be mainly responsible for improving the quality of the company's operational processes and output.

• Degree qualified or experience working in a similar role
• 2 years experience in Manufacturing Environment
• Self-motivated individual
• Right first time approach
• Ability to work calmly under pressure

• Drive standardisation on processes along with waste elimination and continuous improvement
• Support 8D activities on parts connected to internal or supplier quality concerns
• Work on NPI products and supplier quality development, implementing new processes
• Develop and maintain quality assurance throughout product development cycle for NPI
• Responsible for control plans and QA associated with manufacturing processes which are outsourced
• Collate material compliance data, report writing where necessary
• Resolve customer issues in a timely manner
• Champion problem solving with use of RCA tools such as 8D, 5
  
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• Handle internal & external audits
• Monitor supplier performance, define process parameters to ensure process capability
• Monitor output, quality & scrap rates. Improve OTD performance
• Maintain records of products and approved suppliers
• Identify, lead and participate in improvement projects - member of the CI team