Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Chippenham, Wiltshire

£35,000 Per Annum + Benefits!

We at JKR are supporting a specialist electronics company with the recruitment of a Quality Engineer to take ownership of the quality function at their Chippenham site.

This is a hands-on, operational quality role combining component inspection with ownership of the Quality Management System, supplier and customer quality, non-conformance management and audit readiness.

The successful Quality Engineer will have the authority to make accept, reject and release decisions, including holding shipments where required, while working closely with goods-in, stores, dispatch, purchasing and overseas manufacturing partners.

The Quality Engineer Role:

Inspect incoming components against acceptability criteria, customer requirements, drawings and specifications

Make and record accept, reject and concession decisions, escalating where decisions fall outside delegated authority

Manage the identification, segregation and quarantine of non-conforming material through to resolution

Verify supplier quality documentation including test reports, microsection reports, Certificates of Conformity and material declarations

Maintain the ISO 9001 Quality Management System, ensuring procedures, work instructions and document control remain audit ready

Plan and carry out the internal audit programme and host external certification, customer and third-party audits

Own customer complaints and returns from investigation through to closure, including written corrective action responses

Manage supplier and manufacturing partner quality performance, raising non-conformances and driving corrective actions to verified closure

Maintain the approved supplier list, support new supplier approvals and conduct supplier audits where required

Provide hands-on quality support across goods-in, stores and dispatch, including traceability, labelling, ESD control and moisture-sensitive device handling

Support final quality release and ensure outgoing documentation, Certificates of Conformity and test data are complete and accurate

Manage calibration of measuring and test equipment, maintaining the equipment register and recall schedule

Report quality performanc...