Quality Engineer
Location: Bedford
Salary: GBP30,000 - GBP35,000 per year
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5.30pm.
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Bridge Recruitment are helping one of our established clients recruit for an experienced Quality Engineer to join their ever-expanding team. You will be reporting to the Operations Manager being responsible for the quality control within the manufacturing, assembly and dispatch areas.
Responsibilities of the Quality Engineer:
· Actively drive improvements in shopfloor quality through the implementation of formal procedures based on best practice.
· To effectively manage and maintain the sample approval process.
· Carry out internal audits and support purchasing with supplier audits.
· Monitor and support performance improvement through data capture and reporting, including management review meetings.
· Cooperate with purchasing team to establish supplier quality performance criteria and monitor supplier performance.
· Ensure compliance with ISO9001.
· Investigation and reporting of non-conformances.
· Investigation and reporting of Customer Complaints.
· Co-ordinate and control equipment calibration.
· Carry out quality meetings which include documenting quality issues and providing feedback.
· Identify new processes and equipment to streamline production and provide cost reductions.
· To monitor and control local quality training within the department and factory.
· Support correspondence with Clients / Customers requiring Company information.
· Quality induction material/training to all new employees.
· Abide by the Legrand Core Values and Code of Ethics and strive to meet and exceed the Groups Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments.
· Provide support in the investigation and analysis of customer returns.
· Report the status of technical related debit notes to Management.
· Design and/or modification of QMS documents.
· Identify critical components and criteria and with support from colleagues develop and implement an effective GII system.
· In cooperation with colleagues ensure product UL compliance and requirements are met.
Requirements of the Quality Engineer:
· Have proven experience in Manufacturing and assembly environment and techniques including punch, folding, powder coating, welding and assembly
· Be familiar with best practice in storage, movement and handling of metal components, assemblies, and finished products.
· Have strong time management skills and excellent and attention to details.
· Be responsible, trustworthy, with a high standard of accuracy.
· Have good communication skills clearly at all levels of the organisation.
· Be analytical and numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving skills.
· Be driven with the ability to plan and deliver to meet project deadlines.
· Have commercial and financial awareness.
· Have experience of working in a busy environment with proven ability to effectively manage multiple tasks.
· Have good interpersonal skills, capable of maintaining working relationships.
· Be able to analyse complex situations and give balanced well considered decisions.
· Support, motivate and strive to get the best out of each team member.
· Have good IT skills and be familiar with MS Office packages
If you feel like you meet the above criteria for the Quality Engineer role, then please apply now!