Quality Engineer
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Job ref:
1171398_1662111649
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Location:
Plymouth
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£30000 - £35000 per annum
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Contact:
Jacob Marshall
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Email:
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Published:
9 months ago
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Start date:
asap
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Consultant:
ConsultantDrop
Quality Engineer
Salary: £30,000pa - £35,000pa
Permanent role
Location: Plymouth
A well-established design and manufacturing business specialising in state-of-the-art surveillance systems within the defence industry are seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure that company procedures are compliant with legislation, customer and business requirements.
Key Responsibilities - Quality Engineer
- Supporting the maintenance and continual improvement of the QMS to ensure that the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001 are satisfied
- Conducting internal audits to monitor operation and effectiveness of the QMS and to facilitate continual improvement
- Ensuring that appropriate corrective actions, resulting from recorded non-conformances, are implemented and effective
- Development of QMS elements with process-owners including process, procedure & operating instructions
- Working closely with the Supply Chain team - Responsibility for on-site supplier assessment & approval.
- Liaison with suppliers to facilitate the on-time supply of conforming materials and services from external providers resolution of issues with non-compliant product
- Customer-facing liaison on Quality issues; to include customer witnessed testing both onsite and customer sites
- Reviewing customer bids and contracts for Quality requirements and preparation of Quality Plans
- Fault analysis and reports on customer returns
Skills and Qualifications - Quality Engineer
- Experienced in the management of a QMS within a design and manufacturing environment; preferably within electronic / mechanical defence industry using ISO9001, AQAP2110 QMS standards
- CQI or IRCA member desirable
- Qualified to minimum HNC/HND or relevant equivalent (Engineering related discipline is highly desirable
- A confident and credible communicator, able to interact plausibly in all settings within the business
- Experienced in managing and conducting internal and supplier audits
- Experienced in "8D" problem solving methodology within an SME and with suppliers, including use of 5-Whys and Ishikawa/Cause and effect diagrams
- Able to create and develop clear and concise QMS elements including processes, procedures and workflows
- MS Visio, JIRA and Confluence experience preferred
- Able to work on own initiative and to facilitate effective cross functional cooperation
If you are interested in finding out more, APPLY NOW!
