Quality Assurance Engineer (Contract)

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer

Location: West Midlands

Salary: Negotiable dependant on Experience + Strong Company benefits

Job Purpose

Undertake and report on a wide variety of tasks within the project quality team.

Core Responsibilities

• Define, Implement and Manage Quality related activity within a project such as;
• analysis and flow down of customer quality requirements
• production of internal quality plans and procedures to meet customer and regulatory requirements
• providing supplier quality assurance e.g. review & approve supplier quality plans carrying out surveillance and final release activity
• ensuring compliance to quality plans and managing Project Lifetime Quality Records
• review and QA Approve documents e.g. Manufacturing and Test Documentation
• support design reviews
• support customer audits and inspections
• overseeing final release of finished product.
• liaising with customers and suppliers on quality concerns, surveillance visits, audits final release etc.
• control of supplied and despatched non-conforming items and applications for quality related concessions.
• act as in-house council to provide guidance and solutions to other internal functions when quality concerns and queries arise.
• measuring and reporting quality performance
• Contribute to other operational quality and business systems activities to ensure continuing compliance to ISO 9001,14001, other adopted standards and customer requirements;
• internally auditing to processes and customer requirements
• carrying out reviews, gap analysis and continuous improvement on business processes and related documentation.
• leading process problem solving, internal non-conformance control, root cause analysis and investigations
• conducting preventive Action and quality awareness activities and initiatives
• assuring corrective actions arising from internal audit or operational non-conformances (defect occurrence), customer or 3rd Party Audits etc are carried through, are effective and closed out.
• Manager to complete. You should provide key information about the role and the responsibilities that it has.

The following is desirable -

• Minimum HNC or proven industry experience

• Must be able to understand technical engineering standards and specifications to be able to assure product and processes are conforming
• Sound knowledge of BS EN ISO 9001 (BS EN 14001 also useful)
• Minimum 3 years background experience in Quality Engineering ideally from a regulated manufacturing industry.
• Quality planning, Change management and process development
• Data analysis, Investigation and Problem solving
• Technical Report writing and presentation
• QA tools and techniques such as Pareto, Fishbone, 5 why, Kaizen
• Self-motivated to be able to work with minimum supervision and able to use own initiative to provide solutions to problems and form working teams.
• Excellent team player for working with colleagues and customers at all organisational levels effectively and to build relationships and influence others to achieve key objectives
• High level of IT Skills; Microsoft Office suite.

The company prides itself on creating an inspiring environment for employees, generating an ethos of entrepreneurial spirit and rewarding opportunities. There are definite long-term career options for the right candidate, plus a great environment to work in.

To apply, please send your CV for more details. Please note - if you haven't received feedback within 7 days of application you have not been successful on this occasion.