Job  Title:   Quality Engineer

Role description / task:

•             Work with the cross-functional delivery team personnel, helping to achieve delivery milestones and ensuring a fit for purpose / quality product to the customer.

•             Ensure final product quality documentation packs are to specification, rectifying any problems in a timely manner.

•             Inspect goods inwards, checking the actual items for their critical dimensions / characteristics, and ensuring documentation is correct.

•             Risk manage project activities, ensuring mitigation in the critical aspects of production and in the final product.

•             Carry out quality audits during the project lifecycle, ensuring process / procedure adherence, and the product is being realised in the appropriate manner.

•             Ensure final product quality documentation packs are to specification, rectifying any problems in a timely manner.

•             Undertake investigations and recommending/leading improvement actions because of significant discrepancy, complaint, process failing or trended under-performance.

•             Review and approval of Quality related documents both internally and from the supply chain as required e.g. configuration management plans, supplier quality plans etc.

Required Experience /Qualification /Attributes:

•             Have a quality background in a related industry and be familiar with the qualities levels and disciplines required.

•             Experience of implementing quality improvements and encouraging culture change within an organisation.

•             Computer literate with good keyboard skills and understanding of MS Office applications

•             Will have an excellent working knowledge of quality tools and problem solving techniques, and be able to provide guidance to others in the use of them (e.g. Pareto, FMEA, 5 why’s, 8D, etc.)

•             Self-motivated, and can work within a group or individually

•             ONC, HNC, NVQ Level 3 qualification in an quality, science, engineering discipline

•             Good time management skills

•             Knowledge continuous improvement tools and can show examples of how they have implemented them in previous situations.

•             Have a flexible approach to the workload

•             Driving licence

•             Review technical documentation, with good eye for detail.

•             Self-motivated, and can work within a group or individually

•             Understand engineering drawings, procedures and specifications of all disciplines.