Quality Engineer

Salary: Up to £45,000

Location: Northampton

Shifts: 8am - 5pm (Monday to Thursday) | 8am - 2pm (Fridays)

About our Client

A leading UK-based precision engineering company is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Quality Engineer to champion quality across both in-house manufacturing and supplier components. You’ll play a vital role in resolving production issues and ensuring industry-leading standards are met through robust documentation and quality tools. If you’re experienced in root cause analysis, quality systems, and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, this is your chance to contribute to cutting-edge engineering with a company that values precision, performance, and people.

Key Responsibilities

1) To assist with the preparation of Quality documentation for new and existing projects as required by Customer.

a) Prepare templates.

b) Review the documents links and correlation.

c) Record information into the existing quality system.

d) Generate inspection reports via Visual IPI.

Documentation: 8D, ISIR, Control Plan, Process Flow Chart, In Process Quality Check, Quality Care Point, Packaging Instruction, Process Description.

2) Concern Management.

a) To liaise with Production to ensure product manufactured internally meets engineering specification.

b) To resolve quality problems that arise during production. Working closely with manufacturing management and supervisors, to support the implementation of and adherence to laid down processes.

c) If inspection activity identifies a non-conformance, take rapid steps to initiate corrective action and prevent recurrence. Use corrective action format to identify the required actions.

d) To apply problem solving technique and drive root cause analysis with the support of the other technical, administrative, and manufacturing functions in the company. Compile Quality report on findings.

e) Respond to customer complaints maintaining communication and reporting.

3) To work alongside Production Engineering using Quality Tools to validate new and improved processes.

4) Perform basic dimensional and visual inspections when covering Inspectors absence.

5) Maintain the gauge management system.

a) Keep the gauge control system up to date.

b) Identify gauge calibration / validation needs.

c) Identify new gauge requirements.

6) Do the upmost for proper record keeping on existing quality systems at the company

7) Perform internal audits to ISO9001 standard. ()

Key Competencies

· Experience with manual measuring equipment and gauge control / calibration.

· Fully conversant with Quality tools such as Control Plans, ISIR, 8D reporting.

· Ability to communicate and report effectively at all levels of the organisation.

· High level of discipline and organisation.

· 5 Years’ experience in Engineering, Mechanical, or Metallurgic industry.

· 3 Years’ experience in Quality department.

· Computer literate, comfortable using ERP software and MS Office daily.

Additional valuable Competencies

· HNC in Engineering or related subject.

· CMM operation and other CNC measuring equipment.

· Advance knowledge of MS Office tools (Excel, Power point etc)