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Quality Engineer

Fusion People Ltd
Posted 3 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Derby, Derbyshire DE23 8BA

Salary

£30,000 - £36,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Quality Engineer position in Derby is an ongoing contract role that involves travel to various supplier and fitment locations for quality inspections and audits.
  • Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a quality or inspection role, with proven experience in rail vehicles retrofit/modification projects.
  • The job requires a minimum level 3 apprenticeship in a recognized trade, with a salary of £35,000 to £40,000 per year.
  • Key responsibilities include ensuring high standards in modifications, conducting First Article Inspections, and managing the Unit Acceptance procedure.
  • A full UK driving license and transport are required due to the travel involved in the role.

Job Title: Quality EngineerLocation: DerbyDuration: Ongoing ContractBased in the Midlands, this role will involve travel to multiple supplier and fitment locations to carry out Quality Inspections and Audits. Tasks will include Asset inspections to support handover and hand-back, in-process quality inspections, final locomotive snagging and First Article Inspections. This will include the production of reports covering asset inspections, FAI's and improvement opportunities identified.Key Duties & Responsibilities:* Ensuring that the modifications completed by fitment partners are completed to a high standard. * Ensuring Fitment partners populate and record the correct information to the correct standards within Installation and Test Documentation.* Working with parts and equipment suppliers to oversee quality control during production, ensuring products meet the required quality standards prior to installation including supplier visits.* Carry out First Article Inspections.* Carry out ad-hoc sample inspection of materials.* Managing & overseeing the Unit Acceptance procedure from Handover to Hand-back, ensuring Units are received in a suitable condition for modification work to commence, and checking the quality level of the installation before Unit Hand-back.* Compiling the final acceptance documentation pack.* Ownership of the Snag-List detailing issues with fitment and the proposed resolutions, logging and monitoring works arising or out of scope.* Closing out / archiving of records in compliance with Quality Assurance requirements.* Creating/modifying project/role specific procedures for tasks undertaken.* Carry out Root Cause Analysis of quality issues, identify corrective actions and share lessons learned.Essential Skills:* Must be willing to fill gaps in own knowledge and experience through taking a pro-active approach to learning and seeking information from within and outside the company.* Demonstrates customer focus in all work carried out.* Experience of working to industry quality and safety standards.* Strong and effective communicator at all levels within the business and in front of new and existing customers.* Demonstrates innovative and creative thinking when performing problem solving initiatives.* Highly motivated, dependable, and self-reliant.Qualifications & Experience:* Minimum level 3 apprenticeship in a recognised trade e.g. Mechanical, Electrical (essential)* HNC qualification in a relevant trade (desirable)* Experience in a Quality or Inspection role (essential)* Proven experience in Rail Vehicles retrofit/modification projects (essential)* Experience and/or qualifications in auditing(desirable)* Experience in project mobilisation and implementing new or existing procedures and processes (essential)This role will involve periods of time visiting the installation sites as well as travel between own facilities and suppliers' sites, therefore a full UK driving licence and transport is required.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.