Quality Assurance Engineer

A Manufacturing Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for ensuring products are made consistently, safely, and according to quality standards throughout the manufacturing process.

The role involves using Faro Arms, Faro Laser systems, height gauges, and a range of standard metrology and inspection equipment.

We’re looking for someone with quality inspection experience in manufacturing or another highly regulated engineering environment.

A British passport is essential, and the successful candidate will need to obtain full security clearance to MOD standards before they can commence any operational duties.

• Develop and maintain quality control procedures
• Monitor production processes for defects or deviations
• Perform root cause analysis on quality issues
• Lead or support corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
• Review and analyze inspection and test data
• Ensure compliance with:
  • Internal quality standards
  • Customer specifications
  • Industry regulations
• Work with manufacturing, suppliers, and design teams to improve quality
• Support audits and documentation

• Knowledge of quality systems like ISO 9001, Six Sigma, Lean, SPC
• Familiarity with tools such as:
  • FMEA
  • 8D
  • PPAP
  • Control plans
  • Fishbone/Ishikawa diagrams
  • Pareto analysis
• Strong problem-solving and data analysis abilities
• Attention to detail
• Communication and cross-functional collaboration

• In-process inspection
• Operation verification
• Build verification
• Final inspection
• Dimensional inspection
• Visual inspection
• Documentation verification

• First Article Inspection
• Inspection plans
• Witness critical operations
• Containment inspections
• Concession verification

• Pre FAT verification
• FAT inspection
• Witness testing
• Test documentation
• Acceptance verification

• Daily Quality meeting
• Quality observations
• Layered audits
• Process observations
• Safety observations
• Housekeeping
• Digital records

• Approve operation
• Reject operation
• Place Quality Hold
• Remove Quality Hold
• Raise NCR
• Stop unsafe production

• Inspection OTIF
• Inspection backlog
• Quality Holds
• Escapes
• Audit completion
• Inspection Right First Time

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide.

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