Project Quality Engineer

Job Reference: WM – 2784

Location: Banbury

Salary: Up to £50,000

Job Type: Permanent

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:                         Up to £50,000

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 Magna / 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

Responsibilities:

  • 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

Safety, Environmental Responsibilities:

  • Comply with Health & Safety and Environmental Policies.
  • Comply compliance with IATF 16949.
  • Ensure compliance with Environmental & Health & Safety standards in line with current certification.
  • Comply with the General Risk Assessments.
  • Comply with the Manual Handling Risk Assessments.
  • Comply with COSHH Risk Assessments.
  • Report accidents and near misses.
  • Comply with the Lock out Tag out Procedure (where applicable).
  • Comply with the Safe System of Work documents.
  • Take appropriate actions in emergency situations.
  • Adhere to 5S processes and procedures.

Quality:

  • Raise quality care points.
  • Liaise with other departments regarding quality concerns.
  • Adhere to standardised working procedures.
  • Participate in quality checks and controls.
  • Adhere to quality care points.
  • Report repeat quality issues.

Timing:

  • Ensure all quality decisions are made considering risk to supply and escalate as required.
  • Report any issues or concerns to your line manager.

Cost:

  • Participate in continuous improvement projects to improve departmental performance on safety, uptime, availability, maintenance, equipment modifications, plant, error proofing, technical systems and processes and cost down opportunities.
  • Participate in projects within the companies CIP scheme.
  • Taking fast action to reduce customer demerits and cost of quality.
  • Use consumables responsibly.

Motivation:

  • Comply with the principals of the company’s employee charter
  • Participate in training and development programmes and share knowledge with the wider teams.
  • Identify areas of development and training requirements.
  • Participate in the company’s suggestion scheme.
  • Promote the open door policy.
  • Support the Fairness Committee initiative.
  • Ensure good team working principals are being adhered by all team members.

About You:

Personal Attributes:

  • 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

Specific Skills & Experience:

  • 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.
  • 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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