Quality Engineer - Gillingham (BST-105341)

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Quality Engineer
Gillingham, Kent, England

A world leader in the innovation, design and manufacture of Diesel Fuel Injection equipment are now looking for a Quality Engineer (AQE - SCR - Selective Catalytic Reduction) to ensure that projects fully satisfy the requirements of TS16949 and APQP.

As the Quality Engineer you will project manager on steps necessary to comply with the companies system.

To advise the project team on best practices and their application so that our target of 95% FTQ is achieved at start of production.

Supporting divisional Flawless Launch initiative

To advise the project team on all aspects of quality management
Promote excellence in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).

Integrate APQP into product and process development and assist in changing the quality planning culture.

Facilitate fast and accurate two-way communication of new information and lessons learned.

Be positive, encourage, coach, lead, teach, facilitate, etc.

Help develop solutions, not just point out problems (be a coach, not a cop)

Assist project teams in the development of APQP project plans

Participate in technical reviews and design reviews

Review corrective action data, monitor status and capture lessons learned

Provide input for APQP checklists and APQP open issues list

Facilitate and support development of FMEA s

Ideally the the Quality Engineer will hold a Mechanical Engineering Degree plus industry experience.

Experience in a Quality role and knowledge of TS 16949 and APQP would be an advantage.

Project Management Skills (Preferred) Training to be provided to fill gaps.



Personal strengths should include:

Customer focused, attention to detail, self confidence, goal orientated, personal initiative and team working.

Must be able to constructively deal with conflict situations.

Ability to develop and present technical presentations to customers and others.


Must be willing to travel for training, work with customers and for problem resolution on projects as necessary

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.