Quality Engineer - Barnsley, United Kingdom - Masonite

Masonite

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Barnsley, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our Company

Masonite UK is a true door category leader combining the experience and craft of four leading door manufacturing brands, Premdor, Solidor, Door-Stop International and National Hickman Industries.

Offering comprehensive and compelling product portfolios thatprovide the perfect door solution for every opening, from creating beautiful homes to defining world-class commercial spaces and everything in between.

We are currently recruiting for a Quality Engineer.

Through a proactive approach to right first-time quality, the purpose of the role is to support the growth of the Company by enhancing the reputation of the business through exceptional quality standardsand contribute towards a significant reduction in overall manufacturing costs.

The role is responsible for assuring right first-time quality, promoting a major improvement in the quality of incoming parts from suppliers, and in-house quality along the full front-to-back manufacturing process.

Masonite is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce.

We believe in creating environments that reflect our diverse communities. We are a culture that values difference, fosters inclusion and promotes collaboration. We open our doors to new perspectives, new voices, and new opportunities. We know that diversitydrives innovation, empowers employees, and bolsters social responsibility. We are growing our network of people, programs and resources aimed at moving our company and industry forward.

Our Quality Engineer perks and benefits are:

Competitive Salary
25 days holiday
Salary sacrifice pension scheme
Free onsite parking
Healthcare cash plan

As a Quality Engineer you will be involved in:

Internal Focus

Be assisting the Quality Manager with supporting Production, Finished Goods and Raw Materials warehousing teams
Developing good knowledge of Premdor's manufacturing process to understand why defects are created
Qualitying assistance at different stages in manufacturing processes
Analyzing the scrap and rework data, raising A3 investigations based on data analysis, liaising with the relevant teams and through teamwork finding the source of the problem and put into place robust corrective actions to enhance productivity and lowercost of quality
Representing Quality department at Tier meetings daily
Being involved in and helping to maintain an internal nonconformance system
Providing support and guidance to production for carrying out investigations of nonconforming products (overseeing effective root cause analyses and corrective actions on shop floor)
Perform and support internal audits
Overseeing the internal calibration process
Overseeing incoming materials inspection process
Visible in factory and takes lead in solving quality related problems with production teams

Customer wise:

Providing quality assistance and advice for sales department both for internal sales team and field support managers
Involvement in the credit notes process (if required) advising sales teams regarding approving/declining credit requests, offering quality expertise in dealing with credit notes process
Creating and maintaining an external nonconformance system for key customer: Travis Perkins, Wickes, Magnet;
Carrying out investigations for Customer nonconformances raised as required, (overseeing effective root cause analyses and corrective actions on shop floor)
Driving concept of customer quality with production teams and not allow defects to customer

Dealing with Suppliers

Assisting in the management of a supplier nonconformance system
Assessment of rejected raw materials and issuing nonconformances to suppliers where applicable and as required
Liaising with suppliers to close out the nonconformances as required
Assisting in the coordination of the credit requests and receipts for the nonconforming products
Assisting the Quality Team to solve supplier issues

Working on Continuous improvement projects

Providing quality assistance and expertise for the CI team onsite and for the quality team
Working with external suppliers and technical department on improvements for incoming goods with the main objective of cost saving and improving the quality of materials received
Working with Group Sourcing team, organizing trials/material assessment
Running trials to solve current internal quality production issues
Liaising with other facilities in the group on quality matters
Improvement projects related to Customer experience

About you

Proven track record in Quality Assurance within the Manufacturing and Engineering sectors
Experience in Manufacturing Process Quality
Engineering degree in industrial/process engineering or equivalent experience
CI, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma methodology experience, Six Sigma Black Belt or Lean Expert qualifications would be an asset
Extensive understanding of engineering drawings and geometric tolerance