Supplier Quality Engineer - 6 Month Contract

Ricardo is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer for a 6 month contract to support several value streams within the business, as well as our customers, making tangible improvements to the quality performance of the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and managing, for the supply chain, customer quality requirements and associated documentation.
• Problem resolution of parts quality issues working with suppliers using 8D and other automotive industry tools.
• Proactive & reactive supplier improvement activities. Hands-on experience of Lean Manufacturing is essential.
• Management of supplier issues, including identification, implementation, and verification of corrective actions.
• Supplier Quality Assurance activities within the supply chain including process audit, surveillance visits and supplier assessment audit.
• Managing parts quality - implications of product, supplier, facility, and process changes.
• Reporting status against project targets and department KPIs.

Key Competencies and Experience

• Experience of Parts and/or Supplier Quality Assurance or a similar role where skills can be transferred into the supply chain - preferably within automotive or aerospace sector but other industries would be considered.
• Knowledge of low volume, series production and product development required.
• Experience with various manufacturing processes such as casting, machining and special processes including heat treatment & NDT.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, hands on when required, and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Resilient and focused approach in delivering precise and accurate results.
• Experience of quality systems, quality tools & techniques with an analytical mind and used to data driven decision making.
• A good communicator with intercultural and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to communicate and present effectively to suppliers, customers and internally at all levels.
• Ability to build rapport across businesses.
• Pragmatic approach workload management, remaining commercially aware to the key issues. Tenacious attitude in handling workload and issue resolution.
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Full driving licence.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally to support supplier visits, potentially at short notice.
• Knowledge of ISO9001, AS9100 or IATF 16949. Lead auditor trained preferred.

Desirable

• A background of low volume assembly, precision machining of steels & castings would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of gears and gear geometry would be an advantage.
• Have working knowledge of 6 sigma, GR&R, SPC, DoE.
• Understanding of ISO9001, AS9100D, ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• Degree, HNC or equivalent with engineering content.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.