Quality Engineer - Salisbury, United Kingdom - Chemring Countermeasures

Chemring Countermeasures

Verified Company

Salisbury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Quality Engineer

Location:
Salisbury

Salary:
£38,000 - £42,000 per annum

Job type:

Full Time, will be worked over a 4.5 day week; Monday to Thursday 08:00 - 16:45 and Friday 08:00 - 12:30.

Flexibility in this role is critical to the success of supporting the team. In return, there will be an opportunity to sometimes work from home.

Chemring Countermeasures is a world leading and innovative company, designing and developing countermeasure solutions to armed forces throughout the world.

We are part of the Chemring Group of companies and have a solid global infrastructure, which also helps us to thrive.

Must hold sole British citizenship and you must have continually resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.

The role:

You will support Production with quality issues that arise during manufacture. You will also drive improvements in the quality of products and will increase process capability. You will assist in gathering Key Performance Indicators to measure this.

You will be familiar with using various quality tools and techniques, (such as 8D, Measurements Systems Analysis, pFMEA, root cause analysis, Control Plans) to improve products and processes across the site.

Though you may not have worked with these kinds of products before, you will have a good understanding of mechanical engineering.

This role is
not suitable for Software Engineers.

Right to live and work in the UK, with ability to obtain SC level clearance
Must have continually resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years
HNC or BTEC level 5 equivalent in an engineering related discipline
ISO9001:2015, TS16949 or similar experience
Proficient in MS Office

Knowledge/Experience Required:

ISO9001:2015, TS16949 or similar experience
Experience of Supplier Development / SQA
Experience of dealing with customers
Experience of internal auditing.
Knowledge of 5S
Knowledge of Zero Defects Methodology and NPP process experience
Knowledge Component Inspection Techniques
Knowledge of Statistical Analysis / Software experience (Minitab)

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Work to develop manufacturing Process Controls and documentation.
Support Design FMEAs, facilitate Process FMEAs and generate Process Control Plans.
Support Manufacturing in resolving quality issues and identifying root cause.
Identify and implement continuous improvement activities and preventive control measures to ensure process controls are optimised.
Investigate customer complaints and write complaint reports.
Carry out or review risk assessments and support the departmental Safety targets.

Benefits:

We actively encourage an open and collaborative culture across our site through the recognised suggestion scheme and reward and recognition scheme
5.5 weeks' annual leave plus bank holidays
A generous pension scheme
Share save scheme
Holiday buying and selling scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes dietary advice, wellbeing initiatives, family matters and counselling support
We hold annual social events
Cultural days
Free onsite parking
Podiatrist
Weekly fruit baskets

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