Quality Engineer
FRS Recruitment
- Co Meath
- Permanent
- Full-time
Maintain Quality standards by ensuring the quality of products via inspection of incoming materials, in process production and finished products before they are released for dispatch. Primary function of the role is to provide Quality Engineering support to Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality, Production, and Product Development Departments. This includes providing support to process validation, non-conforming product issues, corrective and preventative actions and associated Quality System Documentation.
The quality function works cross-functionally with Engineering, Production and Procurement to cover a wide area of responsibilities such as CAPA, Non-Conformances, Risk Management, Deviations, Inspections and Regulatory audits, Complaint Handling, Validation and Product Release.
You must demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively in a systematic fashion with other cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering, Production and Procurement) creating and ensuring value-streams comply with QMS requirements and production targets.Quality Engineer Job Duties:
- Liaising directly with OEM Customers and Supplier base in regard to New Production Introduction & relevant requirements to ensure right first time product.
- Provide Quality Engineering support to the Purchasing, Quality, Production and Engineering departments when required from Incoming Quality Control to Final Quality Control processes.
- Provide input and support to company QMS for the Non-Conforming process, and for corrective and Preventive Actions process (CAPA) relating to customer, internal and Supplier issues.
- Assist with the implementation of plant wide quality system improvements.
- Carry out internal Quality Audits in line with ISO & customer requirements, and participate in external audits when required
- Review of warranty related and factory returns from customers and ensuring the returns procedure is being followed.
- Calibration- ensuring all measuring equipment is correctly calibrated and maintained to required ISO standards.
- Implementation and review of Quality Processes and Procedures and if necessary proposing modifications or additional procedures in relevant areas e.g. Quality Control Plans.
- Provide effective and responsive QA support to Operations to meet their area's objectives of quality, cost and output.
- Ensure all process variables and their interactions are adequately defined. Ensure all failure modes in process have been identified and addressed. (e.g. Use of FMEA's).
- Support the implementation of Lean Manufacturing across the site.
- Aid other departments with quality related queries as required.
- Implementation and review of Quality Processes and Procedures and if necessary, proposing modifications or additional procedures in relevant areas e.g. Quality Control Plans.
- Ensuring all plant measuring equipment is correctly calibrated and maintained to required ISO standards and oversee overall compliance in all departments; calling for repairs and carrying out calibration when and where required.
- Ensuring production staff are adhering to set manufacturing procedures, and records are completed correctly, in assistance with the relevant Production Team Leaders.
- Approves finished products by confirming specifications; conducting visual and measurement tests; returning products for re-work to relevant departments; validation of re-work on completion.
- Apply agreed continuous improvement projects and deliver on targets.
- Documents inspection results by completing reports and logs; summarizing re-work and waste; inputting data into quality management system.
- Adheres to company Safety, Health & Environmental Policies and Procedures.
- Participate in a weekly quality team meeting with structured agenda and reports and help in the closure of all open NC's in a timely manner.
- Provide weekly / monthly Quality related KPI reports e.g. Right First Time, Internal Non-Conformances, Process Escalation Results, Quarantine Control.
- Develop, progress and maintain the escalation process.
- Support and develop the role of the Quality and Metrology Technicians.
- Approves incoming materials by confirming specifications when required; conducting visual and measurement tests; rejecting and returning unacceptable materials.
- Communication off Non-conformance reports to relevant Suppliers and ensuring timely follow up from suppliers on immediate containment actions required.
- Reports to Quality Manager on daily basis for review of job requirements and feedback on task completion.
- Knowledge and application of ISO 9001 standard
- Experience of APQP/ PPAP systems in a manufacturing environment
- Good Communication and influencing Skills
- Ability to work on own Initiative
- Customer Focus (Internal and External).
- Bachelors Degree qualification (Engineering/Manufacturing/ Quality) an advantage but not necessary
- 2-3 years Relevant industry experience
- I.T. Proficient e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of CMM measuring equipment an advantage.
- Familiar with ISO 9001 standards
- Suitable Degree Educated or relatable quality experience.
- Good organisational skills.
- Good communications and interpersonal skills dealing with other departments.
- Computer literacy in standard windows office and engineering programs.
- Good eye for detail.
- Ability to understand and interpret engineering/manufacturing drawings.
- Promoting process improvement.