Quality Engineer - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Independent Forgings and Alloys

Independent Forgings and Alloys

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Quality Engineer

Key Details

Work hours: 37 hours per week

Monday to Thursday 8:15-16:30, Friday 8:15-16:00

Location:
Hillsborough, Sheffield

Job type:
Permanent, Full-time

Independent Forgings and Alloys (IFA) is one of the UK's leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers.

The unique feature about IFA is the combination of open and closed-die forging while also undertaking the whole production process from raw materialto the finished product in one location.

Operating from a ft2 facility in Sheffield, we manufacture high-integrity, open-die and closed-die forged components in nickel alloy, titanium, stainless steel and carbon alloys for customers and tier-one supplierswithin the aerospace, nuclear, power generation, marine as well as oil and gas sector.

Main Purpose of the Role

Reporting to the Quality Manager, you will be part of a team dedicated to ensuring the quality of IFA's product meets the requirements of our customers.

You will be essential to the maintenance of IFA quality systems and approvals as well as being a drivingforce for improvement throughout the business using a variety of quality tools and techniques such as auditing, practical problem solving and statistical process control.

Key Accountabilities

Assisting in the continual assessment of the Quality Management System.
Actively aspiring to promote a culture of quality throughout the business.
Managing and improving the Non-Conformance register, including coordinating improvement meetings and meeting the business KPI objectives.
Facilitating the control and calibration of all pyrometry equipment as well as ordering consumables.
Reviewing and approving furnace surveys/instrumentation/system accuracy tests.
Reviewing and updating the approved supplier list and auditing external subcontractors and suppliers as appropriate.
Assisting in maintaining NADCAP and customer accreditations.
Performing internal audits as well as quality spot checks of inprogress work.
Statistical analysis of external providers delivery and quality data.
Ordering specifications when requested and authorised.
Monthly analysis of trends for external providers, pyrometry, PPM's.
Instigating and participating in team root cause analysis using quality tools such as 3C's, 5Why's and 8D's.
Assisting in issuing a monthly quality assurance performance monitoring report.

Any other duties as may reasonably be required:

Updating monthly performance data on all notice boards for KPI's.
Deputising for the Quality Manager when required.
Travelling to suppliers for auditing purposes.

Skills and Experience

Essential:

Experience of quality systems (ISO9001, AS9100, NADCAP).
Good understanding of Quality procedures.
Questioning and analytical work attitude.
Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills.
Competent working knowledge of Excel, Word and other windowsbased data systems.
Excellent communication and liaison skills.
Flexible and proactive approach.

Desirable:

Knowledge of customer quality standards, including those of Rolls Royce etc.
Knowledge of Pyrometry and AMS2750.
Knowledge of mechanical / metallurgical testing and laboratory quality.
Certificate in and/or working knowledge of auditing.

Qualifications:

Essential:

Full driving license

Company principles and culture

Our vision of success through integrity is supported by our core values:

Working safely
safety is a priority in all that we do, both the safety of all on site and the provision of a safe product.
Teamwork by working respectfully together on teams across our business, we build great relationships, recognize outstanding contributions and create the environment for our highly skilled workforce to support our customers in meetings their requirements.
Always looking for improvement our teams are excellent at what they do and are constantly working to improve our processes.

Why work for us?

At IFA we pride ourselves on being a great place to work.

As one of the UK's leading forge manufacturers we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service to the company and our customers.

We offer you:

Competitive pay.
Holidays you will have 33 days holiday, including bank holidays.

Pension scheme

IFA wants to provide its employees a good foundation for the life after work and hence offers a 5% contribution. The pension scheme comes along with further discounts on health, travel and rescue insurances.
Bonus scheme this is linked to team and company performance.

Westfield cash plan

IFA provides level 1 health cash plan which comes along with numerous discounts and special offers, including gym discounts, online, high street and grocery retailers and many more.
Death in service payment, full company sick pay and long service rewards.
Tax efficiency schemes: Childcare vouchers and Cycle to Work.
Free work wear and PPE.
Onsite parking is available.
Focus on wellbeing and mental health awareness.
Trust we encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
Development we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.

For further information please visit our company website.