Quality Engineer – Stockport
Role Profile
A thriving manufacturing / engineering company in Stockport is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join its established team. This is a newly created position due to company growth and will give you the chance to play a key role in ensuring product and process quality whilst supporting continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction. If you are a technically strong and detail-oriented Quality professional with a background in mechanical engineering, this could be 'the one' for you!
What will the role involve?
- Leading quality activities across manufacturing operations including conducting quality audits
- Managing customer complaints, warranties and non-conformances
- Supporting supplier quality management, including corrective actions, supplier evaluation and supplier audits
- Maintaining documentation within the Integrated Management System (IMS) and ensuring compliance with relevant standards
- Collaborating with technical teams to resolve product and process quality issues
- Generating KPIs and management reports to analyse trends and drive quality improvements
- Delivering quality awareness and training sessions for colleagues across the business
- Utilising root cause analysis methods such as 8D, Ishikawa and 5 Why
Ideal Skills & Experience:
- Demonstrable experience in a previous Quality Engineer role within a Manufacturing or Engineering environment
- Strong technical knowledge with an apprenticeship, HNC or degree in Mechanical Engineering and good ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
- Good understanding of inspection techniques, standards and specifications
- Experience investigating and resolving non-conformances and quality issues with good knowledge of tools such as 8D, RCA, Ishikawa and 5 Why
- Proven track record managing customer complaints and warranty cases
- Previous experience working with suppliers and supplier quality processes
- Knowledge of integrated management systems (e.g. ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 / ISO 45001) with Lead Auditor Status being advantageous
Why should I apply?
- Fantastic opportunity to work in a collaborative, technical engineering environment as part of a well-established engineering organisation
- A varied Quality Engineering role with exposure to customer, supplier and internal quality management
- Competitive Salary and fantastic benefits package
- Flexitime and hybrid working
- Great working environment and culture
- Good opportunities for personal and professional development
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