Quality Engineer

Derby | Quality Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer to join our manufacturing team at our Derby site.

Monday – Thursday: 8am to 4.45pm,

Friday - 8am to 12.30pm

Salary💷 £43,680per annum

Benefits

* Competitive salary

* Company pension scheme

* 25 days annual leave + 8 statutory holidays, Christmas shut down

* BUPA Health care

* Free onsite parking

* Death in Service benefit

* Long Service awards

Purpose of role and accountabilities:

* Maintain and improve the quality management systems, processes and related approvals

* Support, develop and improve the relationship with our quality contacts within our customer and supplier base

* Support and promote improvement activities to directly benefit our products and manufacturing processes

* To work within cross functional teams to support business development, growth and improvement projects as required

* To support, develop, maintain and improve the company’s quality management system and conduct internal audits against the system.

* To support and lead on customer and supplier audits and ensure that all customer requirements are satisfied.

* To develop and support the systems and co-ordinate the activities required for approvals/regulation by external bodies.

* To support calibration activity of all instruments on regular basis

* To liaise with customers on any customer quality concerns and takes the necessary steps to resolve such concerns

* To conduct root cause analyses, SPC and other appropriate quality tools and techniques to ensure that the manufacturing processes meet customer requirements

* To provide technical support for the processes carried out in the Treatments facility

* To manage and develop the members of the ILC team to ensure the appropriate level of skills and knowledge exist to support the ongoing requirements of the business

* To support the development of a culture of continuous improvement within the organisation

* To work in conjunction with the site management team, identifying opportunities to implement best practice

* To liaise with manufacturing function to provide support for problem resolution as required

* To support cost reduction initiatives

* Working to ISO 5001/9001 standards

Core skills/attributes needed:

* Qualified Engineer

* Previous Internal auditing experience

* Experience in lean tools such as 8D, Kaizen (Continues Improvement) process

* Experience in customer/supplier facing for quality related products / issues

* Chemical and special processes knowledge

* Ideally Aerospace manufacturing background ideally specific NADCAP experience

* New Product Introduction & associated tools FMEA, APQP + PPAP Awareness

* Practical Problem-Solving skills

* Strong leadership and communication skills covering all levels of the organisation

* Excellent IT Skills

The employee must also strive to support the elements of the SQCDP framework of the wider Gardner business;

Safety: work in line with all accredited company safety standards to provide a safe working environment for all

Quality: support the quality accreditations across the business to ensure delivery of a ‘right first time’ performance

Cost: support the continuous improvements in cost reduction activities across the company to deliver increased profitability and value for money to our customers and stakeholders

Delivery: drive improvement in delivery performance to continually exceed customer expectations and targets

People: support organizational capability and influence cultural change by embracing diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and community

NOTE: Due to the nature of this role and the security requirements linked to projects with the UK Ministry of Defence, applicants must be eligible for UK Security Clearance