Quality Technician in Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Position: Quality Technician
Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Milton Park)
Salary: £35,000 per annum

The Role:
As a Quality Technician, you will work within the Quality department, dealing with manufacturing, supplier and product quality to ensure issues are identified, investigated and resolved effectively. Reporting to the Quality Engineer, you will support day-to-day inspection, testing and improvement activities, contributing to the organisation's growth goals.

This is a local, site-based role in Milton Park.

Main Responsibilities:
* Carry out defined product, component and goods-in inspections, measurements and functional tests, maintaining accurate inspection and test records.
* Support investigations into non-conformances, returned products and warranty concerns, gathering and interpreting data for root cause analysis and corrective action.
* Assist with containment activity, concessions, deviations and quality activities associated with engineering changes.
* Work with Manufacturing, Engineering, Testing & Verification, Technical Support and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues.
* Review warranty and product-quality information to identify recurring failure modes, trends and emerging concerns.
* Prepare clear investigation reports, metrics and visualisations to communicate product and warranty performance.
* Undertake defined ongoing product and performance verification testing, recording results and escalating unexpected outcomes. Testing involving gases or specialist equipment will only be performed independently once the required training is complete and competence has been demonstrated.
* Identify practical improvements to product quality, manufacturing processes and Quality department processes.

About You:
Applicants should have a practical, methodical and technically curious approach, with the confidence to question unexpected results constructively. You will be organised, comfortable with detailed technical work and interested in understanding how and why products work.

Experience in manufacturing, engineering, a laboratory, testing, inspection or Quality would be useful, rather than essential. Relevant technical qualifications or practical experience could come from engineering, instrumentation, electronics, chemistry, physics, data analytics or another applied science discipline.

Other useful experience includes measurement or test equipment, inspection planning, controlled test methods, basic quality principles and problem-solving techniques. Familiarity with Excel, Power BI or similar reporting tools, sensing technologies, electronic products or ISO 9001 would also be advantageous.

Required:
* Strong attention to detail, accurate record keeping and the ability to follow defined technical procedures and test methods.
* Confidence working with technical equipment and manufactured products, alongside the ability to collect, organise and interpret numerical data.
* Clear written and verbal communication, collaborative working across functions and the ability to work independently.
* Willingness and ability to undertake significant technical training, sound judgement when escalating concerns and a commitment to improvement and customer outcomes.

Applications are welcomed from people of all backgrounds. You do not need every desirable skill to be considered; practical aptitude, sound judgement and a willingness to learn are central to this role.

Commutable Locations:
Abingdon, Didcot, Oxford, Wantage, Wallingford and surrounding Oxfordshire locations.

Key Words:
Quality Technician, Quality Control, Manufacturing, Inspection, Product Testing, Goods-In Inspection, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Action, Warranty Analysis, Quality Assurance, Instrumentation, Continuous Improvement

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