Quality Assurance Engineer
Southampton
Overview of the role
Are you working in Quality Assurance, Production Engineering, Continuous improvement role?. Are you looking for a multifaceted and dynamic role where you will benefit from further training and progression to Quality, Safety and Environmental Manager in a few years?
The individual should be driven, motivated and passionate about change and must have personal attributes in line with the company’s Core Employee characteristics.
Goal orientated, can do attitude will enable the individual to work at all levels of the business to significant impact and improve both the planning of the factory and the control of the planning within the factory.
The individual will report into the Operations Director who will guide and support them using established leadership principles, he/she will grow and progress you through succession planning.
This is a key role within business and will take the lead on all management system processes and policies for both Quality & Health and safety.
Responsibilities
70% Quality Assurance 30% Safety, Health & Environment
Quality
- Working alongside the Senior Management, and key leads in the business to ensure control and monitoring of all Quality Metrics
- Compile and present monthly Quality management meeting
- Monitor NC, RFT, Rework and customer satisfaction data to identify process weaknesses and opportunities for improvement
- With the process owners, support and drive the introduction of new quality initiatives across the business.
- Working closely with the continuous improvement production engineer, audit and review policies and procedures for non conformities and opportunities and improvement.
- Responsible for the monitoring and reporting against ISO 9001 management
- Responsible for the gathering of ISO audit material ready for periodic ISO certification audits.
- Manage and report the organisations Non-conformance process identify root cause and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Support the Quality Inspector during peak times and time of absence.
Health, Safety & Environment
- ·Working alongside the Senior Management, Fire and first aid marshals to ensure control and monitoring of SHE matrices are maintained.
- ·Compile and present monthly SHE management meeting
- Responsible for the monitoring and reporting against ISO 14001 & 45001 management
- Responsible for the gathering of ISO audit material ready for periodic ISO certification audits.
- To support in any other tasks that are required and are within your capabilities
Essential skills:
- 3-5 Quality Assurance - Production – industrial – CI engineering role experience.
- Lean / Six sigma green belt qualified
- ISO Lead auditor qualified
- Self-motivated, self-starter, energetic and enthusiastic.
- IT literate especially Excel and SQLs
- Self-reliant, dependable, reliable, resourceful and conscientious.
- Able to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
- The ability to think creatively and exercise sound judgement in advising on mitigation of risks.
- Personal attributes must include our companies Core Employee Characteristics
- Maintain and promote compliance to all SH&E legislation.
Independence level/Reports to / succession / Training
- Reports functionally to the Operations Director
- Works independently and does not have direct reports.
- Likely succession for this role would be
· Quality Manager
· Manufacturing Operations Manager
· Continuous Improvement Lead
· Design Engineer
Training in this role
· 123 ERP systems
· Leadership coaching
Hours of work
Monday – Thursday: 07:30 to 16:00
Friday: 07:30 to 15:00
30 mins lunch - total of 39 hrs per week
Benefits & Package
Salary Banding £30k-43k depending on skill & Experience.
Enrolment in the company Pension Scheme.
Enrolment in the company health cash back scheme (£1300 cash back per year).
Yearly performance related bonus.
Free onsite parking.
Active rewards and recognition programme
Core Employee Characteristics
Attitude
Demonstrates a positive, proactive and helpful attitude towards the team and the business.
Tackles assigned tasks with a can do and right first time approach.
Actively promotes the company core values.
Reliability
A self-starter that can be trusted to complete assigned tasks within the agreed timeframe without direct supervision once trained to defined procedures.
Achieving Results
Likes to be judged on performance.
Results orientated against standards and goals.
Passionate about achieving objectives and targets and will help drive others to achieve them.
Punctuality
Demonstrates a good timekeeping record, ready to start work at the allocated time, through until the allocated finish time.
Ownership and Personal Responsibility
Ability to demonstrate the ownership and personal responsibility for delivering required tasks and team goals and not seek to blame others.
Communication
Ability to convey information clearly and concisely to groups or individuals to ensure that they understand the information and the message.
Professionalism
Presents the company in a positive manner at all times.
Treats colleagues with respect.
Uses language appropriate for the situation and workplace.
Treats company property and equipment as if it were their own.
Willingness to learn
Exhibits a desire to learn new skills and tasks as and when the opportunities arise within the Company.
Teamwork
Actively works as part of a team in supporting colleagues where required to ensure all the departmental and Company goals are successfully met.
Flexibility
Willing to rotate around tasks within department and move to other departments as required to support.
Willing to work additional hours where required to ensure targets are met.
Organisation
Ability to organise and prioritise assigned tasks to ensure they are all fulfilled in line with the Company expectations and KPIs.
Problem Solving
Ability to identify issues, obtain relevant information, identify root cause and determine solutions whilst actively working with others to resolve the issues.
Decision making
Ability to take action consistent with available facts and constraints and anticipated consequences.
Attention to detail always seeks to achieve thoroughness and accuracy when carrying out a task.
Excellence
Persistent drive to improve processes and eliminate waste from the Company.
Actively engages and participates in improvement activities.
Compliance
Works within all company rules and procedures (Health and Safety, Environmental, Quality/ISO, Company Procedures, Employee Handbook etc).
Core Literacy
Competent at the use of English (verbal, written & reading) and Maths.
Able to use provided IT equipment to efficiently complete tasks where required through the appropriate systems.
Competent in the use of Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £30,000.00-£43,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
