Quality Assurance Engineer - Dorset

Overview:

MDE are seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to support the Quality Assurance team to ensure that quality standards and procedures are met and aligned with legislation, standards, and customer specifications

Shift Pattern:

Double day shift pattern - 2 week rotation

Early Shift: Monday - Thursday 6am-14.15pm / Friday 6am-12pm
Late shift: Monday - Thursday 14.15pm-22.15pm / Friday 12pm-19.30pm

Major Responsibilities:

• Support the QA Team with continuous improvement activities to reduce cost of poor quality.
• Be involved and sometimes lead investigations into shop floor raised issues. Ensure a clear root cause has been identified and effective corrective actions implemented using effective problem-solving tools such as, 8D, DMAIC, Ishikawa, 5Whys etc.
• Create and manage high value customer documentation packs and ensure successful sign-off by customer.
• Review potential bids for manufacturing capability for nuclear, aerospace, hazardous area equipment and any other quality related requirements specified by legislation and/or the customer.
• Ensure actions required to ensure compliance to quality related legislative and customer requirements are taken and managed to completion.
• Prepare, review and approve final product certification documentation, material certification checks, traveller sign-off as required.
• Support the Quality department in the on-going upkeep and maintenance of the IMS (Integrated Management System to ensure the Company maintains compliance to ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and other subscribed requirements.
• Increase IMS awareness across site at all levels.
• Conduct internal audits in accordance with the internal audit plan. This includes creating audit reports, raising corrective action reports for any non-conformities and following actions to verification and closure.
• Support the Quality Assurance (QA) team during customer and regulatory audits/ assessments in all aspects of the IMS.
• Support the supplier audit plan by conducting supplier audits as required.
• Support the QA team in raising and completing Corrective Action Reports (CARs) for both internal and external issues.
• Supporting the QA team in raising change notes if required.
• Provide support to Customer Services regarding customer complaints and raising CARs as required.
• Perform other such duties commensurate with the nature and level of the post as may be reasonably required.

The person - Essential Criteria

• Significant experience in a Quality Assurance related role within a highly regulated manufacturing organization (e.g., nuclear, aerospace, medical etc).
• Experience in conducting internal audits.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the business and working directly with customers, suppliers, and regulatory bodies.
• Experience in working with problem solving methodologies such as 8D, DMAIC, Ishikawa, 5Whys etc.
• Experience in working with APQP related elements such as PPAP, Control Plans, DFMEA, PFMEA.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office packages, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Manages own time and deliverables effectively.

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