EXCITING NEW LEAD QUALITY ENGINEER ROLE BASED IN FAREHAM FOR A WORLD LEADING ORGANISATION!

A world leading organisation is looking for a Lead Quality Engineer to join their manufacturing site based in Fareham. This will be under the Fuel & Motion Control Systems Division site based in Fareham, who are a leading innovator in motion control and developed the industry’s first steer-by-wire system and microprocessor-controlled aircraft steering system.

Key Responsibilities for Lead Quality Engineer Role in Fareham:

• This position is responsible for executing the defined Strategic Quality Plan in conjunction with plant leadership.
• Execute the Quality Assurance strategy to ensure product flow consistent with established industry standards, government regulations and customer requirements.
• Provides Quality customer interface and expertise to proactively assure requirements are understood and satisfied, including assisting in complaint resolution and root cause and corrective action determination
• Supports Supply Chain Management organization relative to the collection and analysis of supplier quality data providing expertise and assists suppliers with product and process quality requirements
• Participates in, and may lead, the auditing of internal Quality Systems and completes part approval documentation to assure that customer requirements are met in new or modified products and processes

Experience Required for Lead Quality Engineer Role in Fareham:

• Thorough understanding of problem solving methods – i.e. Six Sigma, 8D, root cause analysis, and the associated statistical tools used to analyze problems, evaluate and complete improvement projects
• Detailed understanding of the key phases and requirements of an effective new product development and launch methodology Detailed knowledge of industry and customer specific quality registration schemes and certification processes (i.e., ISO9001, ISO/TS-16949, AS9100)
• Detailed knowledge of process auditing techniques to ensure compliance to defined quality requirements.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to process/product variability, and root cause and corrective action determination.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Quality Engineer to work with a global leading organisation based in Fareham.

If this role is of interest, please drop an email to jthornhill@octagongroup.co.uk or call Justin on 01525 664851