Quality Engineer - Permanent

Coventry

£35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Day shift: 7.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and Friday 07.30am to 12.30pm

Purpose of the role:

The Quality Engineer’s role within is focussed on in-house quality controls and continuous improvements. The role supports Quality Management with data collection and reporting to enable the collation of management reports, monitoring the health of the QMS. Our client needs a strong auditor that can add value to process correction, enhancement, and refinement. Working alongside Quality Engineers and Inspectors, you will be required to undertake investigations associated with non-conformances.

Primary Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Head of Quality on a day-to-day basis the key roles and responsibilities are:

• Perform product and process audits against internal audit schedule and upon request.

• Inspecting and testing materials, equipment, processes, and products to ensure quality specifications are met.

• Work closely with Production to aid creation and implementation of Control Plans and Business Processes.

• Support in creation and implementation of PPAP documentation.

• Support introduction of new products to production process including PPAP, ISIR and Controlled Builds.

• Identify opportunities for improvement within the organisation and present recommendations to Management.

• Monitoring the relevant Company Quality KPI’s and taking appropriate action when adverse trends are identified.

• Identifying the root causes of quality issues and performing containment, preventative and corrective actions.

• Working with Supplier Quality Engineer on Non-conformance reporting within the supply chain.

• Support management in monitoring and continued improvement of QMS in line with IATF16949 and ISO9001

Qualifications & Skills

Essential:

• HNC in Mechanical Engineering or extensive industry experience

• Experienced IATF16949 Internal Auditor

• Understanding of operating Quality Management Systems to IATF16949 and ISO9001 standards

• Excellent project management skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Good mathematical skills and proficiency with computer software such as Word, Excel and Outlook.

Advantageous:

Welding and fabrication inspection experience

Qualified Six Sigma green or black belt