Quality Assurance Engineer (Permanent)

• Do you have proven production quality control experience?
• Do you have experience of working to ISO standards?

If so, keep reading as Ascend Diagnostics are looking for someone like you to join our team as a Quality Assurance Engineer.

Quality Assurance Engineer Role:

As our Quality Assurance Engineer, you will undertake improvement activities including optimisation of product development and design control, manufacturing and non-conformance processes with the aim to deliver an outstanding quality product and service to the company’s customers. Duties include:

• Performing audits against the scheduled QMS and supplier audit schedules, implementing improvement action where necessary.
• Supporting production and product development.
• Participating in design review activities and verify the effectiveness of actions.
• Facilitating risk management activities guided by ISO 14971:2012 or equivalent.
• Compiling and updating of regulatory files.
• Establishing and implementing of necessary communication strategies for the improvement and awareness of quality issues across all departments.
• Communication with suppliers related to quality issues.

The Ideal Quality Assurance Engineer:

As our ideal Quality Assurance Engineer, you will have experience of Quality Control Engineering in in a highly regulated manufacturing industry. Technical writing skills are essential to this role as is experience in an auditing capacity. You will also have:

• Proven record and development to ISO standards is essential, to ISO 13485 is desirable.
• Experience working in medical device product development is desirable.
• Working knowledge of a product lifecycle management system (PLM) is desirable.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and relevant statistical methods for quality assurance is preferred.

We’re looking for a driven individual that is happy to self-manage and prioritise their workflow. A desire to learn about the company and wider industry and excellent communication skills are key to this role. Someone with a Positive outlook and team-centric attitude with a desire to progress to a higher level will be of particular interest

What can Ascend do for you?

At Ascend Diagnostics, we believe our people are essential to the success of our business. We offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards. You will be joining a close knit, family orientated team within an open and relaxed environment. You will be entitled to a Competitive Salary as well as:

• 25 days holiday, rising to 28 with service + Bank Holidays
• Flexible working / Remote working support
• Generous pension scheme (5% Employee contribution, 10% Employer contribution)
• Performance related bonus
• Free tea, coffee and fruit
• State of the art technology and equipment
• Income Protection and Death in Service Benefit
• 24 hour Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice on a whole range of issues
• Eyecare and Eyewear contributions

About Ascend Diagnostics:

Ascend Diagnostics is an innovative company in the heart of Manchester developing technologies to deliver low cost, high speed diagnostics in the clinical market. As we are moving toward production of our first product, we need somebody to join us to oversee the day-to-day quality of our production facility and develop documentation to keep us compliant in the medical device field. This is a very exciting opportunity for somebody to join the team as we expand in the market and begin our journey of high growth.

If you have the knowledge, skills and experience to join our team as a Quality Assurance Engineer, click APPLY!