Job Title: Quality Engineer
Job Type: Full Time; Permanent
Salary: £32,000 - £40,000 per annum
Location: Barnstaple
 
Our client is a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. 
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the Quality Manager to improve the Business Management processes in line with the Regulatory, Customer and Business needs.
• Supporting and hosting Customer Audits and visits as well as a Customer Focal for Quality.
• Driving effective Continual Improvement activities in the Value Stream to deliver RFT and COPQ objectives - including PPAP, Control Plans, 8D RCCA.
• Deliver planned Internal Audits to support annual internal audit plan and manage non-conformances to completion on time.
• Drive improvements in the Quality Culture.
• Quality Training.
• Deliver the Value Stream Quality Improvement Plan.

 
Qualifications:
Core Requirements

•  Health and Safety awareness and engagement                                  
• Coaching, Training, engagement and visual on shop floor
• BMS Process, Procedure Documentation creation
• Proactive problem identification and solving - using tools and techniques appropriate to task
• Accountability for driving and facilitating effective RCCA through AS13000 deployment
• Manage Customer Returns, including determining liability, using / issue of RMA and driving to root cause.
• Attend and support daily Tier 2 meetings
• Lead and Focal for identified Key Customer Accounts - driving performance improvement and compliance to standards
• Managing and reporting on Permit / Waiver status and also for Processing Permit applications for Focal Customers
• Conducting internal audits to AS9100 and support and lead on customer Audits as required
• Raising the level of Quality Awareness through the support Teams using techniques such as Toolbox Talks
• Key player within delivery team - focussed on RFT and OTD
• Co-ordination and lead on PPAP activity
• You may be required from time to time to undertake such other duties as the company may reasonably require.

 
Desirable Skills and Experience
Competency

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Good Understanding AS9100 and Business Management Systems.
• Be able to influence key stakeholders and cross functional teams to achieve key business objectives and deliver process improvement.
• Able to create and work to KPI's in a performance driven business environment.
• Good time and priority management.
• Ability to facilitate and lead where appropriate effective RCCA problem solving events with a cross functional team.
• Work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
• Able to and confident in presenting to the wider organisation.
• Ability to think and act strategically across all the support areas
• Bias towards action - a completer finisher

 
Qualifications/Skills/Personal Qualities:

• A high standard of Maths and English.
• A sound experience base in problem solving - method specific
• Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor qualified (AS9100)
• Relevant training in AS9100 and ISO.
• Experience of Customer FAIR to AS9102.
• A formal qualification in Quality / electronic / mechanical engineering.
• Computer literate.
• PPAP / Lean Manufacturing/ CI qualification and or relevant experience in application of lean tools and creations of improvement plans. (Six sigma)
• Strong presentation skills.
• Experience of Leading Teams

 
KPIs accountability:

• No Audit Non compliances in VS's
• RFT - Product Quality Right First Time
• COPQ - Cost of Poor Quality
• 8D Status - Complete on Time and Effectiveness

 
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