An experienced Quality Engineer who has strong experience within Quality tools like 8D, investigations, FMEA’s PPAP and SPC is required for a large and reputable Manufacturing business based in Plymouth. Our client is able to offer a long term and progressive career within a Multi-National organisation.

Main Duties:

• To work in line with Quality, Safety and Environmental Policies, Procedures and Instructions.
• To identify performance trends and potential and actual non-conformances in products and processes through data gathering, analysis, monitoring and auditing.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Decision making: To stop production, drive containment action and take corrective or preventive action and to ensure effective and timely defect management.
• To propose and implement robust and cost effective solutions and improvements.
• To carry out audits, inspections, measurements and tests in a timely and accurate manner.
• To actively support the implementation, maintenance, performance and improvement of the Quality Management System by applying appropriate quality tools and techniques.
• To work independently and as a team member in conducting Quality Engineering activities.
• Clear, concise, accurate and data driven reporting of results, trends actions and progress.
• To develop effective relationships with other team members and departments, suppliers and customer personnel as appropriate to facilitate product and service quality.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools for quality engineering.
• To provide training support and to overcome barriers to quality improvement.
• Customer performance monitoring, trend analysis & reporting
• Process Control and training shop floor staff
• Gauging methods development for process including Process data, trends and issues
• APQP - Support NPI projects & Customer PPAP
• Gather shop floor SPC and Dim Check Sheet data, trend and give quick feedback and document control
• Liaise with and support other functions with document management (training)
• Conduct internal process and systems audits & Assist 2nd and 3rd party external audits and associated actions
• Quick feedback to production on issues from internal and customer etc. and liaison with Production to resolve issues 
• Support first off training and Scrap reduction project / BOS

Education:

• Minimum of BTEC – Ideally a HNC in Engineering/Science
• Experience of Quality Tools
• Computer Literate & Excellent communication skills
• Ideally Lean trained
• Experience within a Precision Engineering environme