Automotive Quality Engineer
Posted Today by Recruit4staff LTD
Negotiable
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Coven Heath, Staffordshire, UK
Summary: The Automotive Quality Engineer role involves providing technical assistance to suppliers and ensuring that purchased components meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost standards. The position requires leading and supporting the resolution of supplier quality issues and improving supplier capabilities. This is a temporary role based in Wolverhampton, with potential for extension and immediate start. Flexibility in working hours is necessary, as afternoon shifts may be required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing structured supplier technical assistance
- Ensure purchased components meet required standards for Safety, Quality, Delivery & Cost
- Lead & support robust closure of all supplier quality related issues for all new model related programmes
- Using 8D methodology
- Improving Supplier capability
- Leading a variety of projects
- Supplier issue management
- Developing relationships with a variety of internal stakeholders and supplier representatives
- Assess & implement escalation for suppliers with repeat/significant quality issues during pre-build activities
- Working cross-functionally with Manufacturing/Engineering teams to provide technical problem-solving support
Key Skills:
- Previous experience as a Quality Engineer within an Automotive/EPMC environment
- Suitably qualified within Engineering/Quality
- Strong knowledge of 8D - Essential
- Experience with technical tools such as APQP, PPAP, 8D, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing
- Must have strong communication skills
- Understanding of Automotive quality processes
Salary (Rate): £27.15 Hourly
City: Wolverhampton
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Recruit4staff are representing a leading manufacturing business in their search for an Automotive Quality Engineer to work in Wolverhampton.
Job Details:
- Pay: Up to £22.50 per hour (PAYE) or up to £27.15 per hour (Umbrella)
- Hours of Work: 7.00am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday, but flexibility is required, as it could involve possible Afternoon Shifts
- Duration: Temporary role for 6 months initially but this could be extended
- Benefits: Immediate start available and potential overtime opportunities.
Job Role - Automotive Quality Engineer
- Providing structured supplier technical assistance
- Ensure purchased components meet required standards for Safety, Quality, Delivery & Cost
- Lead & support robust closure of all supplier quality related issues for all new model related programmes
- Using 8D methodology
- Improving Supplier capability
- Leading a variety of projects
- Supplier issue management
- Developing relationships with a variety of internal stakeholders and supplier representatives
- Assess & implement escalation for supplier whom have recorded repeat/significant quality issues during pre build activities within the plant
- Working cross-functionally with Manufacturing/Engineering teams to provide technical problem solving support to any issues
Essential Skills Experience, or Qualifications:
- Previous experience as a Quality Engineer within a Automotive/EPMC environment
- Suitably qualified within Engineering/Quality
- Strong knowledge of 8D - Essential
- Experience with technical such as APQP, PPAP, 8D, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing etc
- Must have strong communication skills
- Understanding of Automotive quality processes
Desired Skills Experience, or Qualifications
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Experience within BIW, Powertrain, Chassis, Trim or Electronics Supply Chain
- Experience working in a EPMC environment
Commutable From: Wolverhampton, Wednesbury, Walsall, Birmingham, Telford, Shrewsbury, West Midlands, Dudley, West Bromwich
Similar Job Titles: Supplier Quality Engineer, SQE, Quality Engineer, Automotive Quality Engineer, Supplier Part Quality Engineer
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This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Recruit4staff, who are operating as a recruitment agency.