Product Quality Engineer

Waters; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new position at our state-of-the-art Longbridge manufacturing site. You will work as a Product Quality Engineer at the site with support from the wider Quality team based at Wilmslow and across the globe.

Your focus will be to drive product improvements throughout product life cycle management, improving yields and development of design for manufacture to improve on-site and in-sourcing activities.

You will support the QMS (corrective and preventative actions) along with internal, external and supplier audits and shape development of product quality by highlighting improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Represent Quality Engineering through product lifecycle management to help ensure product manufacturability, reliability and cost effectiveness.
• Support activities related to the QMS including documentation, CAPA, NCRs, MRB, deviations, change control and validation along with site training as appropriate.
• Perform quality inspection of parts and be involved in supplier, internal and external audits.
• Attend regular communication with cross-functional teams to identify root cause of problems and create plans for short term and long-term remediation.
• Represent supplier quality for new product development activities, support supplier performance assessment process and prioritize actions to address adverse trends.
• Support customer queries and collaborate with Longbridge and other sites to resolve.

Qualifications

Education: A qualification in an Engineering / Science subject or relevant experience in an Engineering / Science related function.

Experience:

• Proven knowledge of ISO 9001.
• Lead Auditor qualified preferred but must have experience and/or qualifications for supplier audits and internal audit.
• Manufacturing process knowledge and hands on with product.
• Demonstrated practical approach towards problem solving.
• Good understanding of supplier quality.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement techniques.

Competencies:

• Good written and oral communication skills are required, for example to ensure succinct report generation, effective communication with staff, peer groups, etc across organisation.
• Must be able to work independently and communicate with all levels of the organisation.
• Computer literate - knowledge of Word, Powerpoint and Excel an advantage - in order to produce reports, analyse data etc effectively.

Travel: Travel will be required to the Wilmslow (Cheshire, UK) site and to support Supplier visits and audits.

In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days holidays plus bank holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.