At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality initiatives and mentor a team in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Company: Global manufacturing leader with exciting automotive projects.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, pension scheme, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Great career development opportunities in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Join a world-class team and make a real impact in automotive quality.
- Qualifications: Engineering background and experience with quality tools and processes.
The predicted salary is between 47000 - 47000 £ per year.
Exciting opportunity for an experienced Quality Engineer to join a global manufacturing business that has won significant new programmes with automotive OEM customers.
This role offers a varied responsibility, working on customer projects from concept through to series production for a business that designs and manufactures components and assemblies for a wide range of automotive OEM customers.
Duties:- Lead, coach and mentor Shift Quality Technicians and Shift Quality Auditors in setting daily priorities and being a point of contact on shift
- Support PPAP and launch of all programs, engineering changes
- Coordinate Capability studies and gauge validation (Measurement System Analysis)
- Review CAD drawings and understand the application requirements in conjunction with customer standards and dimensional reports
- Update Process Documentation: Standardised Work Instructions, Process Quality Records, Quality Alerts etc.
- Escalation of all quality concerns
- Perform Quality process audits
- Support the escalation, containment and analysis on internal and customer quality issues
- Apprentice trained, HNC or Degree in an engineering or technical discipline
- Ability to liaise with and manage OEM customer and supplier expectations
- Structured problem solving skills: 8D, 5Y, A3, PPS
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing methods and continuous improvement techniques
- Familiar with volume manufacturing processes
- Internal auditor experience: IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 desirable
- Proven ability to use quality tools such as PPAP, Control Plans, MSA and PFMEA
- Able to work 3 shift pattern (6:2; 2:10; 10:6)
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Quality professional to join a world class manufacturing business that is both winning and quoting for significant new business supplying OEM customers throughout Europe. In return the client offers a competitive salary and benefits package including contributory pension scheme, life assurance, onsite car parking, 35 days holiday, employee discount schemes, cycle to work scheme. In addition, the company has a strong track record of offering training and career development opportunities.
