Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Job Description: 
Are you a skilled Quality Engineer wanting to be a part of a hard working and dedicated team? Cosworth is seeking a highly motivated Quality Engineer to support our Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC) Quality team on a permanent, full-time basis. Based in Northampton, you will provide support to the company’s Quality, Production and Engineering functions whilst also being part of the customer interface.

The Role: 

• Ownership of internal quality issues and resolution with known Quality tools, in a timely manner.

• Data collection, collation, and development of improvement activities.

• Definition of inspection criteria.

• Lineside quality improvement activities such as defect disposition analysis, scrap and rework analysis, as well as general improvement projects.

• Data driven improvement activities in response to internal quality gate findings including conducting root cause analysis, countermeasure implementation and auditing.

• Management of internal quality KPIs and metrics – development of improvement plans.

• Conducting internal quarantine and scrap reviews.

• Assisting in external Quality activities where needed (significant overlap with customer impact issues).

• Planning and Managing APQP and PPAP activities, including the PPAP tracker.

• Raising and management of concessions and the concession system.

• Process and Product Auditing and improvement activities.

• Consider the health and safety, environmental and energy impact of all activities.

• Support the Company’s compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 by following company policy and best practice.

Candidate Profile: 

• Experience in aluminium CNC machining.

• Working knowledge of GD&T.

• Basic knowledge of Aluminium casting processes.

• Strong Practical problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated experience in automotive PPAPs / APQP.

• Experience of using Quality tools (8D, 5Why, Ishikawa, etc.)

• Experience in a customer facing role.

• Some experience of Process Audits.

• Good time management.

• Knowledge of visual management techniques.

• Experience of manufacturing metrology equipment including CMMs.

• Experience in the use of handheld gauging equipment.

• Working understanding of statistical analysis tools such as Gauge R&Rs, Capability analyses and comparison tests etc.