Quality Engineer

Our established manufacturing Client is seeking a skilled Quality Engineer. The role is based in Medway, Kent - commute requires own transport.

The role is offered as a permanent full time role working days.

Monday to Thursday 7.30am to 4pm, Friday 7.30am to 12.30pm (37.5 hours per week).

Benefits include:

• Discretionary Bonus Scheme.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 27 days after completion of 5 continuous years’ service.
• Pension Scheme.
• Secure on-site parking.
• Full-time, Permanent, Site based no remote working available

The Quality Engineer role will:

• Responsible for conducting product audits and undertaking quality investigations.
• Providing support to the Quality Manager with the completion of daily general quality tasks.
• Analyse and interpret complex quality documents.
• Support the Commercial department in the execution of customer enquiries and complaints.
• Ability to apply principles of logical and scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• During the performance of this role the role holder will be required to complete some tasks in an office-based environment. Other tasks will take place in a shop-floor environment.

Quality Engineer skills and experience required:

• At least 2 years of working in a similar environment. Experience in mechanical inspection.
• Routine calibration of gauging, measuring and test equipment. Conversant with Statistical Process Control.
• Ability to process and, where required, investigate customer complaints and returns.
• Experience of investigating internal and external quality problems.
• Excellent written skills. Good organisational skills.
• Ability to plan and prioritise workloads.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as well as part of a busy team.
• Ability to plan, to work and to ensure work is completed in a timely manner and deadlines are achieved.
• Conversant ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Statistical Process Control.
• Able to read and understand engineering drawings and Bills of Material.

Quality Engineer qualifications:

• Educated to at least C&G or BTEC Level 3 standard in engineering and able to demonstrate related experience in an engineering / manufacturing environment.
• IOSH or NEBOSH qualifications (desirable)