Quality Engineer - Assembly Operations - Northampton - £25k - 31k per year + Excellent + benefits (JSK-102777)

Apply now

Quality Engineer - Assembly Operations
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
£25k - 31k per year + Excellent + benefits

The company is a leading international development partner to the automobile and engine industry. They are going through a period of major growth and are looking to hire an additional Quality Engineer - Assembly Operations initially on a 12 month contract.

The role will have a hands on approach ensuring that all aspects of Quality Control are satisfactorily co-ordinated and carried out in the Engine Assembly and test areas. This includes motivating and managing the staff, together with providing adequate training.

• Liaise with customers to ensure that corrective action is implemented on all concerns raised and to assist with the smooth introduction of new product lines
• Liaise with assembly and production engineering teams to ensure that specification determined by engineering is consistently achieved
• Investigation of assembly/quality problems and liaison with assembly supervisor, production engineering and supplier quality engineers
• Supervise Quality auditors to ensure that adequate procedures are carried out
• Production of periodic data showing the quality performance of the assembly department to include customer complaints and/or returns, audit power test and teardown results
• Specify in conjunction with Production Engineering any detailed operator checks, or over-checks to be included in the process data/instructions
• Ensure the maintenance and continuous improvement of procedures and documentation to include SPC and process FMEA s
• To ensure that the various tool for the never ending improvement of product quality such as the eight discipline approach and other problem solving techniques, are used at every opportunity
• Other duties as necessary
  
  Qualifications
• A Degree/HND in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline is essential
• This role will require the successful candidate to be a fluent German speaker
• Quality Auditing (Lead Assessor) qualification is desirable although training can be provided to otherwise suitable candidates
• Currently studying or have achieved Institute of Quality Assurance membership examinations
  
  Experience
• Experience of dealing with German customers and suppliers is essential
• A minimum of 3 years experience gained within a similar role within an automotive environment is essential covering Advanced Quality Planning (AQP) and Quality Auditing (QA)
• Experience of Statistical Process Control (SPC) is desirable although training can be provided to otherwise suitable candidates
  
  Skills
• Computer Literate in MS Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook
• MS Access skills are desirable though not essential

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.