Assistant Quality Manager

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Quality Manager to join our client based in Coventry on a full time, permanent basis. Working hours for this role are 7.30am till 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 7.30am till 11.30am on Fridays. Salary for this role is a maximum £38,000.\n \nThis is a hands-on position, mainly related to inspection, where flexibility and a desire to constantly improve are the most relevant soft skills to assure a systematic company improvement.\n \nThe role requires a strong cross functional relationship to communicate key issues effectively on a regular basis to all staff, customers and suppliers.\n\nYou are part of a dedicated Quality Inspection team, responsible for ensuring that:\n\nquality process controls are properly engineered, based on ISO:9001 rules, on Customer Specific Requirements, on the feasibility analysis and PFMEA results.\nquality process controls are in place and are operating as specified to ensure the expected quality, operating in a safe, clean, and well-ordered environment (5S Approach).\nInspection under direct quality staff responsibility at all stages of production against the design specification are carry out. \n\nMain duties:\n\nFirst off inspection\nIn process inspection\nRunning CMM programs\nKeeping the Quality areas in order and clean according to 5S method.\nCalibration – Internal and external controls, booking of external calibration activities\nControl of non-conforming product, ensuring that parts are correctly entered into casting and setting registers and reporting details to management.\nIn case, under supervision, edit and modify Automatic CMM programs and carryout probe qualification in an autonomous way, etc\nSupport the Quality Manager on Automotive quality tools and best practices application.\nIdentify and recommend potential improvements of the quality system, for example,  control plans, quality instructions, PFMEAs, to welcome lessons learned and new requirements. \nCarryout Feasibility Study on new or modified drawings.\nDrawings and specification check on status to be in line with the last updated released applicable version.\nnecessary technical characteristics for semi machined items need to be properly evaluated and introduced).\nSupplier performance monitoring – checking of all quality related subcontract deliveries (incoming inspection) and recording findings in an excel file.\nKeeping the Data analysis spreadsheet up to date.

Including customer free issue received material.\nManage Automotive quality tools and best practices application, in a fast-paced engineering environment.\nLiaising with customer SQA - Supplier Quality Assurance.\nCarrying out internal audits. \n\nRequired experience:\n \nInterpretation of mechanical drawings (ISO Standard). Knowledge of geometric dimensions and tolerances GD & T.\nAbility to select and use basic measuring equipment, micrometres, callipers, protractors etc\nAbility to use standard gauging including plug, gap, acceptance etc\nAutomatic CMM operating (selecting and running programs)\nAbility to interpret and understand specific customer quality standards and requirements\nComprehensive knowledge of IS0:9001.\nBasic IT skills, including MS office and particularly strong Excel skills (design a spread sheet, to setup filters and conditional formatting, to design a Pivot table) and ASE’s bespoke\nCalibration of measuring equipment and gauges.\nAutomatic CMM basic program editing, probe qualification etc.\nGood communication skills\nSelf-motivated and able to manage time in accordance with meeting customer deadlines/deliveries.\nAbility to provide Quality Assurance support on Automotive quality tools and best practices, in a fast-paced engineering environment (ISR - Initial Sample Reports, balloons drawings, control plans, 8d reports, Deviation and Concession Requests, AIMs – Action in Manufacturing, etc.) CMM full programming capability, also on complicated mechanical components like for example gear boxes. Creating CMM programs and ensuring that they are correct and meeting the requirement of the drawing and/or specification.\nAbility to carry out MSA studies.\nSPC – Statistical Process Control, including QS-Stat (SPC Software)\n\nIf you are interested in this role, please click APPLY