Quality Engineer / Responsible Weld Co-ordinator in Cheshire, Warrington

Responsibilities

• Promoting the role of Quality and helping to foster a quality culture where everyone realises their role in quality, ensuring that our products, people, processes and services meet or exceed their stated requirements.
• Act as a Responsible Weld Co-ordinator for welding activities within the division.
• Maintain and develop the weld capability within the technology division.
• Champion knowledge sharing and continuous improvement to ensure consistent application of quality best practices across the business unit.
• Act as a local point of contact to provide expertise on relevant topics such as Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Audits, Non-Conformance Reporting and others as required.
• Support the generation and application of digital tools for efficient monitoring, reporting and management of quality metrics.
• Support the division’s internal audit schedule, undertaking internal audits to ensure effective implementation of the division’s management system ensuring client expectations, external certifications (e.g. 9001:2015) and external accreditations (e.g. 17020:2012) are being achieved.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure proactive identification and resolution of quality issues.
• Support project governance activities, providing quality oversight of technical laboratory based activities and rig based manufacturing activities.
• Support the division with activities relating to gaining EN 1090 accreditation.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain SC level Security Clearance.
• Good communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence others including building and maintaining effective relationships across the technology division.
• HNC / HND / Degree qualified or relevant experience.
• Demonstrable experience of acting as a Responsible Weld Co‑ordinator.
• Demonstrable experience and understanding of the Quality function, supporting large projects / programmes within highly regulated industries.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking and reporting internal audits.
• Demonstrable experience in dealing with non-conformities.
• Demonstrable understanding of Project documentation arrangements, particularly the application of quality control plans.
• Proficient in standard computer programmes including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Team player with ability to coach and mentor others as required.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise in order to meet deadlines as is necessary.
• Willingness to travel offsite as may be occasionally required.
• Strong ethos relating to Health Safety and Wellbeing.
• Security cleared to SC level.
• Previous experience in use of JPI / SharePoint.
• Previous experience of working in a highly regulated industry.
• Appropriate academic qualification.
• Membership of a relevant professional body.
• Auditor Training to 9001:2015 (internal).
• Knowledge of ISO 17020:2012.
• Knowledge of ISO 1090.
• Knowledge of NDE testing techniques.
• Mechanical Engineering awareness.
• Understanding and appreciation of the principles and Standards relating to Health, Safety, Environment, Quality and Security as applicable to working within a highly regulated Nuclear environment.

Position: Part‑time (estimated)

Salary: £38,209 per year (estimated)

Location: Birchwood facilities, Warrington.