Senior Quality Engineer

Our clients, based close to Fareham, have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quality Engineer to join their growing team.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Record and categorise non-conformities.
• Find root cause and implement effective corrective action.
• Carry out regular toolbox talks to advise technicians of quality issues and agreed corrective actions.
• Where customer needs are missed, record and investigate root causes with the relevant stakeholders.
• Customer complaints and non-conformance administration.
• Record details, find root cause and determine corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Keep customers updated throughout the process and close off complaints in a timely manner.
• Internal auditor for QMS and EMS.
• Provide QA support for project work and product changes carried out by Engineering and Technical Services functions.
• Defining, communicating and managing the Project Quality Assurance activities through an approved and operating Quality Plan.
• Determining and managing a project audit plan to ensure that projects are operating in compliance with customer and applicable statutory, regulatory and BMS requirements.
• Ensure QA is represented at all project design review milestones.
• Ensure project release into production is controlled and any QA risks are documented and mitigated.
• Manage project non-conformance issues to ensure effective corrective actions are taken to achieve a level of zero recurrence.
• Supplier auditor.
• Work with the Purchasing team to assess new suppliers and re-assess existing suppliers.
• Visiting vendor facilities and observing the manufacturing environment to review and assess their procedures.
• Monitor and measure supplier quality performance and work with the Purchasing and Quality Managers to implement corrective action to continually reduce supplier failure costs.
• Work with key suppliers to develop and maintain an approved supply chain with clearly defined quality condition.
• Review incoming supplies and products from vendors to check for defects and ensure quality.
• Maintain detailed reports on supplier quality, including defect rates and areas that result in flaws.
• Provide technical advice, guidance and support to suppliers to reduce defect rates.

Required skill & experience

• Quality experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with non-conformance & corrective actions.
• Inspection of electrical, electronic and/or mechanical parts, assemblies and products against engineering drawings and specifications.
• Liaising with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders on quality related issues, including complaints, rejects, FATs, FAIRs and change control.

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 08:00-16:00 with a 30 min lunch.