Job Title: Quality Engineer
Salary: £35,000
Location: Redditch
Role Outline
- Provide a day-to-day customer interface
- Project manage; leading and developing continuous improvement activities based on analysis of company KPI's
- Ensure quality standards are achieved and maintained in the manufacturing process
- Establish and maintain key customer relationships - internally and externally
- Continue to positively develop the company's reputation in the market, as a first class supplier.
- Senior position designated according to depth & breadth of experience
General Skills and Experience
- Working knowledge and full understanding and the application of Quality Engineering tools and methodologies
- Technically orientated with the ability to understand quickly new product and process technologies
- A strong customer service orientation
- Flexible attitude and structured approach to problem resolution
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills- written and verbal
- Excellent relationship building & team-working skills - internally and externally
- Good organisational and planning skills
- General managerial skills- projects, problem resolution, people issues
Specific Skills and Experience
- Understanding of Manufacturing and Engineering, ideally with quality experience
- Electronics industry or electronics knowledge / training / competence
- Experience of interfacing with OEM / demanding customers
- Customer visits - including continental travel
- A senior professional presence, able to talk with authority and knowledge
- Current passport / driving license
- Involvement / input in NPI projects to ensure in-built quality controls
Qualifications
- A professional Engineer, ideally degree educated
- Ideally six sigma green\black belt or equivalent statistical knowledge\experience
- Preferably qualified Internal \ External auditor to TS16949/ISO 9001 standards
- Understanding of Manufacturing and Engineering, ideally with quality experience.
Hours of work
This role will operate on a day shift (Monday to Thursday 08:00-17:00 and Friday 08:00-12:15)
