Quality Engineer

Salary: £42,000 – £48,000 per year

Quality Engineer – Quedgeley

This key role is to support off site manufacturing with customers, sub-contractors and suppliers in the Far East. The successful applicant will be permanently based in Gloucester and will work very closely with a site in France. 

The role:

• Building strong relationships with Far East sites and their suppliers.
• Building strong working relationships with UK Far East Sub-Contractors and their suppliers. 
• Completion of FAIR/ISIR reports for RT/RP customers when required
• Support Far East suppliers in completion of FAIR/ISIR/PPAP elements for RT/RP customers
• Interface with customers / projects requirements for IATF16949/ISO9001/ISO14001 (ISO 13485:2016 / AS9100:2016) certified sites.
• QC support for the Projects teams. Advice / Monitoring / supplier management to include 8D reporting, SCAR replies etc.
• Understand far east suppliers process capabilities and quality management system (certification) arrangements.
• APQP and PPAP Support- Construction / Completion of PPAP submissions
• Quality Assurance checks/Audits of existing / new Far East Vendors
• Regular overseas travel (France and Far East)
• Project support / team feasibility studies at the birth of projects. Encompassing risk review and drawing review. GD+T trained.
• Interface with customers, projects and quality team through all phases to tool maturity.
• Completion of monthly supplier performance statistics for quality reporting.
• IMDS submissions for UK and European customers.

The Candidate:

• Experienced Quality Engineer
• Experienced in manufacturing environments ideally automotive including methods of inspection
• General understanding of CAD and interpreting 2D drawing data to GD&T standard
• Experienced Internal Auditor in Quality Management & Competent in all elements of PPAP (core tools)
• Competent in development of Quality Procedures, SOP/SIP in process quality control documentation 
• Bi-lingual French is advantageous
• Valid driver’s license

UK Role desirable to have:

• Lead Auditor in Quality Management.
• Experience in Environmental ISO 14001:2015 / AIEMA qualification 
• 5S / Lean manufacturing experience
• Experienced in travelling and working in far east countries
• Served a recognised engineering apprenticeship (ideally technical apprenticeship)
• Experienced and comfortable in travelling overseas for work
• Experienced in Injection moulding / tooling design and fundamentals
• 8D Trained

Full time, permanent role

Excellent salary dependent on skills and experience