Quality Engineer with an extensive knowledge of and background in the automotive industry, required to join a well-established leading manufacturer based in Kings Norton, Birmingham. Offered as a permanent contract, as Quality Engineer, you would be responsible for conducting and defining Quality Engineering activities, to ensure that the product quality fully meets customer and company requirements; ensuring customer and company quality requirements are maintained throughout production life and maintaining effective communication throughout the business to ensure a robust QMS is implemented and maintained.

A successful candidate would possess experience in:

• Conduct Internal Audits covering both Quality and Environmental Standards compliant with IATF
• Contribute towards setting Quality and Environmental Standards
• Familiarity with 8D process
• Identify 5S concerns and liaise with the relevant team(s)
• Conduct drawing and specification review as part of feasibility studies
• Evaluate dimensional and visual assessment of components & raw material, identifying errors and implementing necessary corrective action(s)
• Practical engineering experience
• Assist the Inspection Instructions based on the Control Plan/Gauge Plan/FMEA and gain concurrence form specified areas
• Conduct pre-production audits on samples prior to despatch to the customer and ensure that they meet specified requirements
• Assist with preliminary process studies, confirm control limits with Production Engineers, and agree actions to correct any non-stable / non capable processes
• Monitor process capability during production and agree actions to correct non stable/non capable processes
• Arrange for the inspection of customer returns and provide reports on causes of rejection and corrective action
• Lead root cause analysis and assist with the resolution of quality concerns
• Flexibility to undertake training and provide support within Quality Department as required
• Ensure housekeeping in the Quality area is maintained in a satisfactory condition
• Effective use of performance charts to present actions and tracking of actions & status
• To provide support to manufacturing teams to resolve quality concerns and promote quality
• On receipt of quality concerns, evaluate and implement containment activity, both internally and externally.
• Planning of workload to ensure completion of activities within agreed timing program

Successful candidate for the role of Quality Engineer must possess:

• Practical engineering experience
• Excellent understanding of PPAP, IMDS, PFMEAs, IATF
• Attention to detail
• Proficient communication skills
• Determination to ensure quality standards are met and customer satisfaction is ensured
• Preferred use of Polyworks software
• Experience of scanning arm or programming a CMM

Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 7:00 – 16:00 and Friday 7:00 – 13:00
Salary: £38,000 - £42,000 p.a. dependent upon experience
If you have previous experience as a Quality Engineer or similar role within the engineering industry, then please apply today!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £38,000.00-£42,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• PPAP: 4 years (required)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 12/070525/CS

• Practical engineering experience
• Excellent understanding of PPAP, IMDS, PFMEAs, IATF
• Attention to detail
• Proficient communication skills
• Determination to ensure quality standards are met and customer satisfaction is ensured
• Preferred use of Polyworks software
• Experience of scanning arm or programming a CM