Quality Engineer in Westhampnett in Chichester

Staffline are recruiting for a Quality Engineer to work for our client at their pristine automotive manufacturing plant, based in Westhampnett, West Sussex.

The rate of pay is £21.88 to £25.72 per hour (subject to training completion/performance).

Up to 40 hours per week (currently 38 hours per week, dependant on production requirements):

• 8-hour shifts
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend working may be required

You will be required to complete an interview prior to starting this role.

Responsibilities

• Supporting your department and Production with meeting attendance and status reports, ensuring the multi-project landscape is supported and represented by the Quality department.
• Provide quality-related documents to Production to support defect capturing and corrective actions, such as rework methods and deviations.
• Supporting the department by preparing necessary Advanced Product Quality Planning documentation e. g.

FMEA, Inspection Instruction, Control Plans across the multi-project landscape.

• Influence the product and process development with cross-functional teams across the business.
• Identifying/containing issues; leading problem-solving activities, defining, validating solutions and communicating with internal stakeholders about potential causes or corrective actions.
• Input & feedback to aid the improvement of development & manufacturing processes.
• Feedback to engineering teams to ensure upcoming products have lessons learned applied.
• Communicate test plans or inspection methods to ensure accurate data collection.
• Communicating with stakeholders to influence product design and applying lessons learned.
• Using technical knowledge and understanding of defects and Customer relevance, including defect capturing methods.

Requirements

• The successful candidate will be qualified to HNC/D in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Quality Engineering or equivalent work experience, and be experienced in manufacturing operations.
• Specialist in using measurement tools (DTI, inspection gauges), quality management, and problem-solving tools (e. g.

DMAIC, 5-why, Fishbone analysis); data collection/analysis/visualisation.

• An understanding of lean manufacturing principles and working knowledge of 7 basic tools of quality.
• Comprehensive IT skills, including but not limited to Office, Share Point, preparing presentation slides aiding reports.
• Good organisation and planning skills as well as ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines; flexibility to work extended hours when the business need arises.
• A strong team player who is self-motivated, reliable, trustworthy and conscientious.

Willing and able to develop new initiatives and ideas and make the right decisions without supervision.

• Confident with engaging and negotiating with internal stakeholders.
• Project Quality Management, including reporting, would be beneficial.
• Fluent English is essential; German would be advantageous.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday and 8 bank holidays (based on 40hrs per week)
• High standard of working environment
• Competitive pay rates
• Yearly personal bonus potential
• Car share scheme (subject to availability)
• Pension - 5% employee contribution & 3% employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
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