Senior Quality Engineer in Wrexham

Prysmian is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to work in the Wrexham factory within manufacturing of power cables and network components. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will have a broad range of responsibilities in order to ensure that products and processes meet quality standards, customer expectations and relevant regulatory requirements. The role involves monitoring, testing and improving manufacturing processes to enhance product quality and repeatability as well as working on reducing variations and cost of poor quality. The role requires a high level of both hands-on and soft skills, such as teamwork, communication, leadership and coordination competencies.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing and maintaining quality control plans and procedures for different product families according to existing standards and specific customer requirements.
• Ensuring the correct application of work instructions and quality control plans together with applicable QMS procedures.
• Managing customer quality claims, including intercompany issues.
• Managing internal quality non-conformities, applying Statistical Process Control (SPC) and identifying areas of improvement.
• Monitoring supplier quality performance and managing supplier quality issues.
• Driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions using tools like 8D, A3, FMEA, involving cross-functional teams when required.
• Facilitating external (e.g., ISO, BASEC) and customer audits.
• Supporting internal and supplier audits.
• Monitoring quality KPIs such as COPQ, number of customer claims.
• Analysing quality data in order to identify ‘data driven’ improvement opportunities.
• Maintaining and updating quality management system documentation, in coordination with the UK Quality Systems Manager.
• Ensuring all tests and inspections on raw materials, components and finished products are conducted.
• Ensuring measurement and test equipment is maintained and calibrated as required.
• Ensuring execution of factory quick process audits according to Prysmian rules, ensuring corrective actions are addressed and followed.
• Leading by example to enhance and promote quality culture.
• Managing a plant quality team.

Who are we looking for?

An experienced senior quality engineer with hands-on and can-do attitude, able to drive improvement projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Someone with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, proficient in quality standards, test methodologies and statistical analysis tools. Someone who is results-driven and capable of multitasking, but also able to focus on the right priorities, ensuring both effectiveness and efficiency in the work they do. Someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and document findings clearly. Someone capable of communicating and working with colleagues from all levels of the organization. We are looking for a senior quality professional with an educational background in Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar, or equivalent work experience in quality in a manufacturing environment; Lean Six Sigma Black or Green Belt certification is advantageous.

Prysmian, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximising value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organisation that prioritises talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are.

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognising and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavour to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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