Quality Assurance Engineer - Buckinghamshire

Quality Assurance Engineer - Automotive

£Negotiable

Milton Keynes

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MDE are recruiting for a Quality Assurance Engineer to support the Quality Engineering process for a highly successful manufacturing company working with prestigious clients across the globe!

If you have a background in Quality Assurance Engineering with a passion for meeting strict quality standards and requirements and instrumental in corrective actions and customer satisfaction, then apply now!
Key Responsibilities:

• Control and track all APQP documents through PPAP approval for new program launches to ensure customer submission dates are achieved.
• Execute PPAP submission and approval as required for customer & company initiated engineering changes.
• Contribute to lessons learned reflection workshops as common point of reference across product range.
• Understand and provide interpretation of customer PPAP specific requirements when required.

General and Task Management

• Oversee and participate in task completion of Quality related Project phased gateway release.
• Ensure latest customer specifications and standards are in place within QMS.
• Attend customer meetings if required.
• Act as internal customer for delivery of PPAP requirements.
• Internal Quality Champion for Run at Rate/2DP activities to ensure safe product launch.
• Support Gauge design and acceptance meetings.
• Support with statistical analysis through product maturation phases.
• Creating monthly PPAP status reports for management.
• Support D/PFMEA & DFM reviews as required.
• Escalation of delays across all departments impacting PPAP submission targets.
• Engage with Testing Labs to ensure capacity for new projects.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.

Skills & Experience:

• Significant experience in a medium volume manufacturing environment, preferably automotive.
• Strong knowledge of the latest Automotive tools and techniques.
• Strong demonstratable problem-solving skills (8D, PPS and advanced problem solving).
• Strong APQP experience that match the customer portfolio.
• Experience of dealing with customers and suppliers.
• Excellent leadership and man- management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage a variety of cross-functional team members.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Excellent organisational and follow-up skills.
• Competent in problem solving, team building, planning and decision making.
• IAFT 16949 auditing experience essential (VDA desirable).
• Microsoft Office Predominantly Excel, PowerPoint.
• Commercially aware.
• Able to communicate and build relationships from shop floor to director level.

Please note ALL applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK!