Quality Engineer

Location: Glascoed

Morson are working with BAE Systems who are looking for a Quality Engineer to join the team at the Glascoed site.

Typical duties:

Review Shop Floor records (e.g. ‘SMDCP’ documents), ‘First Off’ items for Quality Dept. approval, technical specifications, drawings, and endorse Certificates of Conformity as an approved signatory.
Perform Internal Audits, support External Audits, and support the development of audit responses and robust corrective actions which prevent identified problems from ever happening again.
Monitor and analyse reject, rework, and RFT data, and present information to management
Monitor and support non-conformance / quality issue management (‘CAR’, ‘Q1’, ‘Q2’, ‘Q3’, etc.)
Drive and support targeted CI (Continuous Improvement) activities, focussing on
(A) Reduced Rejects and Costs
(B) Improved operational workflows, throughput, and efficiency
Energise others to engage in improvement activities, and support others in identifying and implementing their own improvements.
Support Process Readiness Review (PRR), performing Quality Dept. reviews of process readiness, and supporting the optimisation of the PRR process across the site.
Work with Manufacturing Engineering to improve the QMS (Quality Management System)
Continually improve your own understanding of lean manufacturing methods, and core tools (including but not limited to: VSM, Root Cause Analysis, 8D, Six Sigma, TOC, MS Excel, Minitab…) and also encourage and assist in continually improving the knowledge of others across Land UK.
Knowledge

Excellent numeracy and mechanical comprehension.
ISO 9001 Internal auditor certification.

Experience with in a manufacturing environment, preferably of a similarly highly controlled nature (aerospace, automotive, nuclear, medical devices, etc.)
Skills

Ability to produce clear and concise written/visual instructions
Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential
Excellent numeracy and mechanical comprehension is essential
Awareness of company products and safety critical aspects
Ability to effectively co-ordinate data collection wherever necessary to inform business decisions
Ability to perform detailed data analysis and identify trends in data
Knowledge and understanding of how to comprehensively contain quality issues
Ability to lead and support root cause analysis and corrective action identification
Ability to interrogate technical drawings and specifications
Qualifications

Qualification(s) in an engineering discipline (Science or Engineering degree, HNC, HND) or time served in an Engineering discipline with substantial experience in the skill sets listed above.
If you are interested in applying for this role please submit an up to date CV