Quality Engineer

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Location: Manchester

Salary: Circa 45,000 DOE (per annum)

Job type: Permanent

Working pattern: Full time

Industry: Manufacturing & Production / Manufacturing

Company: Hays

Consultant: Nicholas Charnley

Hays office: Liverpool — Part 2nd Floor, 5 St Paul’s Square,

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Your new company

You will be joining an established manufacturing and engineering organisation with a strong focus on product quality and continuous improvement. Due to requirements within the Quality function, they are looking to recruit an experienced Quality Engineer on a permanent basis.
Your new role

As Quality Engineer, you will work closely with the Quality, Production and Engineering teams to maintain and improve quality standards across the manufacturing operation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Investigating quality issues and supporting root cause analysis
• Managing non-conformances and supporting corrective and preventative actions
• Carrying out product, process and internal quality audits
• Working closely with Production and Engineering to resolve manufacturing quality issues
• Supporting continuous improvement and right-first-time initiatives
• Maintaining accurate quality records and documentation
• Monitoring processes to ensure products meet required specifications and quality standards
• Supporting the wider Quality team with ongoing improvement activities

The emphasis on auditing, non-conformances, cross-functional problem-solving and continuous improvement reflects the quality requirements already discussed with the business.

What you'll need to succeed

You will have previous experience in a Quality Engineer or similar quality-focused role within a manufacturing environment. You'll be comfortable working hands-on within production, investigating quality problems and communicating effectively with engineering and manufacturing teams.

Experience within polymers or a related manufacturing environment would be particularly advantageous.

What you'll get in return

You'll be joining an established manufacturing business in a permanent position where you'll have the opportunity to play an important role in maintaining and improving quality standards across the operation.
What you need to do now

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