Job Description
Project Quality Engineer – Job Summary:
We’re supporting our client, a leading automotive components manufacturer based in Banbury, who are looking for a Project Quality Engineer to join their growing team. The successful Project Quality Engineer will have experience of experience delivering projects from nomination phase to start of production.
Salary: £Excellent
Benefits: To be discussed at interview
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Banbury
Job Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Assist with new product design and process development.
- Deliver the Quality deliverables of a New launch or running change
- Change management of New and Current products and raising and running change deviations
- Preparation of PPAP package in the companies / customer agreed format and make submission to customer
- Key FMEA team member within the New project launch and for risk reduction activities within production plant
- Generate and update Control Plans with Project/engineering and Production teams
- Establish significant and critical characteristics with the customer and suppliers
- Statistical analyses of results from capability studies and produce reports.
- Liaison with Production Engineering and Project Management during and following analysis to enable process development
- Co-ordination and management of DVP testing, including correlation of results and presentation to customer
- Co-ordination and participation in new gauge / check fixture measurement system analysis including calculations (R&R studies).
- Co-ordinate and obtain fit and finish approval, colour and grain approval along with master samples from customer.
- Work on projects as directed by Quality Manager
- Support trials both in Banbury and at toolmakers / equipment manufacturers to provide required Quality advice and support to achieve Quality deliverables.
- Generate gauge / check fixture specification and agree with customer
- Presentation of dimensional results to customer during build status events
- Review and approval of supplier PPAP package
- Compilation of customer APQP files
- Support defining and managing the scope of the Paint laboratory support function with regard to all AAR process and capability of colour and testing within the plant
- Quality Engineering of new product onto site
- Knowledge of quality standards
- Knowledge of key system and process deliverables
- To project a professional image of the company to customers / visitors
- To use the escalation procedure for any issues/concerns e.g., Quality / downtime
About You:
- Behave in a professional manner
- Good communicator
- Open and honest
- Organised and methodical
- Flexibility
- Continuous improvement and safety mind-set
- Personable and approachable
- Tenacious and results driven
- Good decision making and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- ONC in engineering or relevant experience
- IATF16949 and APQP process
- Manual dexterity
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good communication skills
- Good literacy & numeracy skills
- Good analytical skills.
- MAFACT processes and principals (internal training).
- Candidates must be able to work using their own initiative and be able to liaise with other functions and departments at all levels within the company.
- Ability to identify different colours of products (i.e., Ishihara).
Job Application:
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