Quality Engineer

Northampton

Salary up to £38,000 per annum

08:00 – 17:00 (Monday to Friday)

PERMANENT

The Role:

Are you a talented Quality Engineer seeking to join a dynamic and dedicated team?

Our client is in search of a highly driven Quality Engineer to bolster their Central Quality team on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will play a crucial role in providing Quality Engineering support to the company’s Quality, Production, and Engineering functions, while also serving as a key point of contact for customers.

Benefits:

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.

Workplace pension, matched up to 6%.

Onsite occupational health.

Digital GP service

Private Medical Insurance.

Employee assistance programme.

Income protection.

Life assurance.

Cycle to work scheme.

Discounted shopping.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ownership of internal quality issues and resolution with known Quality tools, in a timely fashion.
• Data collection, collation, and development of improvement activities.
• Definition of inspection criteria.
• Lineside quality improvement activities such as defect disposition analysis, scrap and rework analysis, as well as general improvement projects.
• Data driven improvement activities in response to internal quality gate findings including conducting root cause analysis, counter measure implementation and auditing.
• Management of internal quality KPIs and metrics – development of improvement plans.
• Conducting internal quarantine and scrap reviews.
• Assisting in external Quality activities where needed (significant overlap with customer impact issues).
• Planning and Managing APQP and PPAP activities, including the PPAP tracker.
• Raising and management of concessions and the concession system.
• Process and Product Auditing and improvement activities.
• Consider the health and safety, environmental and energy impact of all activities.
• Support the Company’s compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018, following policy and best practice.

Technical Knowledge / Qualifications:

• Experience in aluminium CNC machining.
• Working knowledge of GD&T.
• Basic knowledge of Aluminium casting processes.
• Strong Practical problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience in automotive PPAPs / APQP.
• Experience of using Quality tools (8D, 5Why, Ishikawa, etc.)
• Experience in a customer facing role.
• Some experience of Process Audits.
• Good time management.
• Knowledge of visual management techniques.
• Experience of manufacturing metrology equipment including CMMs.
• Experience in the use of handheld gauging equipment.
• Working understanding of statistical analysis tools such as Gauge R&Rs, Capability analyses and comparison tests etc.

If you have not heard from us within 48 hours, then please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

This role is being advertised by Kenect Professional, which is a trading name of Kenect Recruitment Ltd, who are acting as an Employment Agency regarding this vacancy.