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Quality Engineer

Company Overview

Come and work with us which means we do the right thing, bring out the best in each other, achieve more together, champion expertise and get the job done…well! With approximately 4800 colleagues we operate from 27 locations around the world. Building the expertise of our people is critical to the future success of our organisation.

 

The company is a global provider of engineered electronics. We collaborate with customers in the transportation, industrial, medical, and aerospace and defence markets, providing them with engineering expertise and support through a global network of specialists and world class facilities. As a responsible employer we encourage all our people to “give something back” by supporting the local communities in which we operate.

 

In Rogerstone, Newport, South Wales we specialise in low volume, high mix electronics. Our team of 230 employees is part of the Global Manufacturing Solutions division and delivers end to end through life tailored business solutions to world leading manufacturing partners. Rumour has it that we have a good reputation with visiting colleagues from other locations, and that our excellent staff canteen facilities are partly due to that.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

Introduction

To ensure that our products are fit for purpose and meet set standards as required.

To interface with the company’s Manufacturing teams to improve Quality PPM (Parts Per Million) and customer satisfaction Through OTTP (On time to promise). 

Reporting into the Quality Manager.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Review customer performance monthly to ensure PPM and OTTP are met
• Drive scrap and rework reduction, own improvement projects and drive cross functionally to ensure actions are closed to improve overall performance of COPQ
• Interface with Engineering and Operations to ensure transfer to production of new products are in accordance with approved data
• Support the Auditors to ensure that products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the quality management system
• Analyse failure, corrective and preventive actions to respond to customer complaints
• Preparation of QA reports
• Responsible for statistical data collection and analysis
• Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action for process related concerns
• Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system such as lean, 6S etc.
• Visit customers or suppliers as required to assist in quality related issues and provide support and solutions
• Support Production and Engineering in quality-related issues & hold them to account for closure of audit and improvement actions
• Abide by the safety requirement of the site, but more importantly be an advocate for safety raising issues and ensuring the safety of colleagues
• Ensure compliance with company codes of conduct
• Ensure companywide compliance with ESD and MSD requirements
• Produce PPAP documentation, including PFMEA and Control Plans
• Support customer as quality point of contact within a customer focused team

 

This list of duties & responsibilities is not intended to be an exhaustive list of tasks performed.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

Core Requirements

• Ability to read general assembly drawings is desirable
• Experience of IPC610 and JSTD-001is desirable
• Ability to analyse data and draw conclusions & action plans from the information (Pareto analysis etc)
• PPAP, PFMEA and Control Plan
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Good understanding of GMS products
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent IT skills within Excel, Word & company specific systems
• Solid numerical and process analytical skills
• Influencing and change management skills
• Good experience of range of quality tools
• Internal auditing experience
• HNC/HND or equivalent
• Experience of ISO:9001:2015
• Experience of 8D, 5Y, Fishbone and general lean tools.

 

Desireable Skills and Experience

• Six Sigma
• Auditor training to ISO:9001, 14001 & 45001

 

What we offer

 

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Employee assistance programme
• Sharesave scheme
• Financial wellbeing benefit
• Discounted online and highstreet shopping and lifestyle vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted RAC membership
• Discounted Gym membership
• 187.5 hours annual leave plus bank holidays
• A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability

Location: Rogerstone | Salary: 35000 - 40000 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 01/01/0001