Quality Engineer

Job Description

Quality Engineer

Location: County Antrim

Salary: £25-30k plus excellent benefits package

Grafton recruitment has been retained to recruit a Quality Engineer for a global, leading manufacturing firm based in County Antrim. The company is recognised globally for their expertise in a highly technical area. They are also widely known as an exceptional local employer.

The role

Reporting to: Assistant Quality Manager

• To support the QA team in the achievement of departmental goals and objectives

Duties

The key tasks for the Quality Engineer will include:

• External and internal defect review, analysis, reporting and improvement
• Maintain customer relationship via ongoing liaison, support and complaint resolution
• Facilitate timely response to open customer issues, ensure internal and external documentation is produced and maintained in response
• Perform follow up work on corrective actions, including documentation of corrective procedures
• Support continuous improvement activities e.g. 8D reviews, corrective action plans, Kaizen events
• Provide technical and problem solving advice regarding materials and production systems
• Supplier/sub-contractor management (certification, audits, performance management)
• Works closely with QA team and internal customers to maintain ISO compliance standards
• Preparation of inspection plans, quality standards and creation of CMM programs
• Statistical analysis of product characteristics
• Keep management informed of customer / subcontractor requirements and expectations
• Support new product launches, including preparation of PPAP documentation
• Travel to customer and subcontractor facilities as required
• Ensure compliance with the Company health, safety and environmental policies and management systems

Essential criteria

• Degree educated in an engineering/technical discipline.
• Previous experience in a similar role.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of PFMEA, control plans and measurement system analysis
• Experience of statistical process control
• Experience in the application of problem solving techniques

For more information please contact Patrick Moore on 02890 323333