Quality Engineer - 12 month Contract

Quality Engineer -Huntingdon - £32.500pa increasing to £35,000 after successful probation. This is initially a 12 month contract role.
We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer to monitor the quality of our operational processes and outputs.

We're Bensons for Beds! We put Sleep Wellness™ at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing and manufacturing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have 170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission of being the market leading bed retailer with a strong omnichannel presence

We are currently recruiting an experienced quality engineer to monitor the quality of our operational processes and outputs. The Quality Engineer’s responsibilities include designing quality standards, reviewing processes and procedures, developing control systems, and determining corrective actions. You will also work with mangers and supervisors to implement quality measures.

A successful quality engineer should have excellent trouble-shooting skills and be able to ensure that processes and products consistently meet established standards. To excel in this role, they must champion continuous improvement and look to establish a robust quality culture based on assurance rather than control..

Key Duties include

• Review processes through-out the business to ensure that they meet our quality standards and those of our external accreditors.
• Generate non-conformance reports, initiating root cause analysis and follow through to closure.
• Work or lead a team on selected improvement projects, reporting back findings and promoting solutions.
• Use problem solving and IT skills to determine root cause analysis of production problems and supply supporting data for problem resolution.

• Previous experience of working in a quality engineer role
• Keen eye for detail and ability to demonstrate technical competence when talking to internal and external stakeholders.
• Previous manual handling experience
• The ability to lift and manoeuvre as this role can include aspects of manual handling.
• Motivated and enthusiastic regarding quality and continuous improvement

In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus all these extra benefits:

• *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Medicash - cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
• *Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
• *Pension scheme - provided by Legal & General
• *Discounted Gym membership
• *Cycle to Work scheme
• *Annual leave buy & sell scheme - you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progression - access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
• *Long service awards and 'Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like

(*qualifying periods and terms apply)