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