Quality Engineer – North Gwent – £32,000

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Quality Engineer, North Gwent, South Wales, £32,000

 

Summary
A great opportunity has arisen for a Quality Engineer to join a fast paced, progressive manufacturer based within the Gwent area. The role is a days’ based position working Monday-Friday office hours. The position requires some element of travel, visiting customers based within the UK and Europe.

 

The Role
Reporting into the Quality Manager, duties will include:

  • Ensuring quality procedures are applied and maintained
  • Auditing quality systems and processes
  • Compiling APQP / PPAP (Advance Product Quality Planning / Production Part Approval) Process documentation in accordance with customer spec
  • Liaising and responding to customers
  • Ensuring 8D reports are comprehensive and closed in a timely manner
  • Representing the organisation at customer locations in response to customer concerns, either by presenting at concern meetings, supporting Technical meetings or as part of a hands-on support role (this may involve European travel and occasionally may be at short notice)
  • Supporting quality related production concerns efficiently
  • Leading and supporting yield improvement projects, applying DMAIC / PDCA (Define, Measure, Analyse and Control / Plan, Do, Check Act techniques)
  • Supporting cross functional activities, including feasibility review, PFMEA’s, PPAP (Process Failure Mode and Effect / Plan, Do, Check, Act Analysis), production trials, problem identification and resolution.
  • Supporting SPC (Statistical Process Control) activity, providing guidance and carrying out studies as required
  • Supporting supplier concerns providing resolutions as required

 

The Candidate

  • Proven computer literacy paired with good communication skills; written and verbal
  • Have an analytical approach and decision making skills
  • Have the ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
  • Knowledge of geometrical tolerances and Engineering drawings
  • Understanding of LEAN tools and the ability to implement / utilise
  • Great organisational skills with attention to detail
  • Can work to work to tight tolerances and times schedules
  • Ideally have a Quality / Engineering degree, or Quality related experience

 

JK Recruitment
Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit www.jkrecruit.co.uk to keep up to date with further vacancies. We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.