Quality Inspector

Quality Inspector
£23,000 per annum
Daventry, Northants
8am - 4pm Monday to Friday
Permanent

Our prestigious Daventry based engineering client are looking to recruit a permanent Quality Inspector, they are one of the UK's leading Automotive OE small / medium volume component and accessory parts specialists.

Quality Inspector Responsibilities:

• Ensure incoming parts from suppliers and internally produced parts meet the quality standards and systems required
• Responsible for ensuring that the products produced meet quality standards required to minimise quality costs and maximise customer satisfaction whilst ensuring that procedures and processes are adhered to
• Ensure incoming materials meet required quality standards
• Responsible for identifying and raising quality issues and for speedily resolving them to ensure zero impact to the customer
• Support the management of all quality-related issues within the manufacturing team (e.g. internal, supplier, customer and customer warranty)
• Identify root cause and instigate permanent corrective actions for product quality issues
• Work with internal and external parties to resolve quality issues that arise as quickly and efficiently as possible to prevent compromising quality and safety standards
• Monitor and report on quality-related key performance indicators including scrap monitoring, rework levels
• Stop production in the event of manufacture of unacceptable goods/processes
• Ensure compliance and assist with adherence to the Quality Management system (IATF16949/ISO9001 /ISO14001 etc)
• Assist with training of quality awareness
• Report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in order to adhere to process and prevent occurrence of any non-conformity relating to product, process or system
• Assist with first off sample approvals
• Keep up with current and developing manufacturing and engineering trends that concern product quality
• Write reports and present progress at project meetings and to clients
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Train people within own work group
• Support regular inspection meetings to establish an action plan for improving build quality
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies

Quality Inspector requirements:

• Assertive
• Knowledge of quality systems
• Knowledge of measurement
• Understanding of engineering drawings
• Understanding manufacturing processes
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure/cost of poor quality
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive
• Experience of working in Quality Assurance
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Strong technical knowledge
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Highly developed attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment

Please apply with a copy of your CV

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