Quality Assurance Engineer

Our Client, a very successful manufacturing business based in East Lancashire are looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join their busy Quality department.

This business design and manufacture highly-engineered products and services through a range of industries.

Working in a busy Quality department environment and daily interaction with the operations teams involving activities that include:
• Defect analysis
• Facilitating 8D investigations
• Report writing
• Internal auditing
• Department improvements projects
• Enhancement and maintenance of Quality Module in SAP
• Expanding and developing the Quality system throughout our European sites and general QA function responsibilities to achieve departmental objectives and set KPI targets.

Qualification and experience:

• Must have served a recognised apprenticeship with a technical certificate and an HNC in Engineering or relevant Quality professional qualification, ie internal auditor.

• Have experience in working in a manufacturing environment and a good understanding of using and training others in Quality tools and methodology, including 8D, Ishikawa and 5 whys root cause analysis investigation principles.

• Experience using SAP Quality Module would be an advantage.

Person Specification

• We are looking for an individual with a positive attitude to modern manufacturing processes and a willingness to adopt Lean manufacturing principles.

• The individual should also possess a motivation toward working within a devoted and continuously improving health and safety culture.

• Previous experience of working in a foundry would be an advantage.

• Must have good communication skills and be able to facilitate quality events and meetings which includes cross functional teams.

• A keenness to drive improvements and willingness to learn and grow with a forward thinking organisation.

If interested, please apply below.