Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer required to work in a manufacturing company in Loudwater (High Wycombe).
Duties:

• Support the embedding a culture of continual evaluation and improvement within the manufacturing facility by reporting on and achieving business objectives.
• Identify and report areas of non-conformance and non-compliance and areas requiring improvement within the business.
• Promote and drive forward preventive and corrective action measures within the business.
• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned programmes.
• Ensure that the Quality Audit programme is adhered to and that any audit reports are produced in a timely manner, to the highest standard as well as progressing supporting metrics/reports with minimum oversight.
• Undertake internal and supplier system audits and act as a guide in third-party certification process and customer product audits, including analysis of findings, suggestions for improvement and progression of any non-conformances identified.
• Progress non-conformances, identify root cause, corrective actions and preventive actions using recognised best practice tools to timely closure.
• Provide quality assurance management through the implementation, improvement and maintenance of Quality policies, processes, procedures and systems to deliver Quality management system assurance.

• On assigned contracts:

• Produce and maintain Quality Lead Project Management Pack (i.e. contract start-up and delivery documentation and records).
• Ensure customer Quality requirements are fully understood and are met within given contracts.
• Undertake product and process reviews to aid the prediction and prevention of quality defects.
• Generate and maintain contract quality plans.
• Identify product configuration control management to ensure traceability.

• Maintain contract improvement Lessons Learnt records.
• Perform supplier acceptance, witnessing testing support and product release audits.
• Ensure Supplier/Subcontractor quality management, including approval, flow-down of requirements, monitoring and corrective action management.

Candidates must have previous experience as a Quality Engineer working in an Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical or Electro-mechanical manufacturing company.
Good knowledge of ISO 9001, and ideally Lead Auditor experience.
Knowledge of APQP/PPAP processes is desirable
The successful candidate will be put through a Security Vetting process and must be able to obtain SC Clearance.