QA Engineer

The responsibilities as QA Engineer is to exceed customer expectations, provide support for the daily activities of the QMS and enhance the quality of product/service provision within the facility. You will have the opportunity to use and advance your existing Quality skills to explore and develop methods of continuous improvement in alignment with our overall strategy and vision. Monitoring and controlling the day to day activities to ensure that they are delivering right first time and on time in an effective manner.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure all company policies surrounding stock, health & safety, quality requirements and housekeeping are met
• Fully accountable for achieving all relevant KPIs
• Implement and maintain quality management systems to measure and control quality in the production process
• Assist with quality standards for individual products and set out the standards in documents and processes for the production team
• Complete performance measurements and reporting requirements that set quality metrics for each stage of the production process
• Create documentation, such as procedures, inspection test plans, etc. and establish requirements for records management, document control and control of electronic data from inspection processes
• Work with operations to ensure that the QA/QC processes are integrated
• Analyze quality problems to identify root causes and implement corrective action
• Take proactive measures, such as developing and implementing continuous improvement programs covering production processes and quality management systems - eliminating the causes of quality issues and reduce the risk of failure
• Agree on standards with suppliers and implement inspection processes to monitor incoming material
• Monitor suppliers' quality performance and implement corrective and preventative measures to deal with any quality issues
• Supplyingtargets for yield improvements
• Cost analysis and defect drive down - addressing non-conformance issues with production team
• Carry out other duties as and when business requirements dictate as may be reasonably expected by line manager

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of 3-5 years of Quality experience in manufacturing preferably
• Experience in ISO 9001-2015 and/or API Q1 required
• Experience with root cause techniques, ie. FEMA,5WHY, ISHIKAWA Diagram (Fishbone)
• Preparing and monitoring key performances indicators
• Experience in ISO 17025 is a plus
• Lead Internal Auditor Certification is a plus
• Experience with third party supplier auditing is a plus
• Experience with non-conformance reporting