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Quality Engineer

Cheshire West and Chester
3 months ago
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Quality Engineer
Location: Cheshire
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Employment Type: Inside IR35 Contract

About the Role
This role provides a chance to enhance skills and gain experience in Project Management, APQP application, Quality standards, Industrial System Development, and Operational Quality Management. It involves leading and resolving complex quality issues and driving continuous improvement projects by setting measurement standards and identifying improvements to boost process performance, product adherence to standards, reliability, and repeatability of processes from the initial design phase through the product's lifecycle, including prevention, surveillance, inspection, solving, and adherence.

Key Responsibilities

Implement APQP and Quality Standards to ensure excellence.
Lead Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA) in Design, Process, and Machine.
Plan and execute Production Process Verification (PPV) to validate all routings.
Forecast and support mitigation activities to manage non-quality costs.
Provide crucial support for local test campaigns and Head of Version (HoV) manufacturing during Start of Production (SoP) phases.
Drive APQP activities including Decision Trees (DT), Applicability Matrix (AM), and Key Business Deliverable (KBD) assessments as both deliverable owner and assessor.Required Skills and Qualifications

Strong technical awareness with a keen eye for detail, essential for implementing APQP and Quality Standards, and facilitating FMEA.
Excellent understanding of design for manufacture and maintenance, crucial for creating and updating Control Plans and supporting APQP activities.
Significant experience in aerospace, defence, or safety-critical project engineering environments, necessary for leading Production Process Verification and managing non-quality costs.
Qualification in an engineering discipline.
Eligibility for UK SC level security clearance.If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge and have the qualifications to match, we want to hear from you! Apply now or reach out to Tom Duckett at Belcan Workforce Solutions.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan

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