Quality Engineer

Due to continuous growth at our Wellingborough facility, we are looking for a talented Quality Engineer to join our team. The Quality Engineer role ensures that customer satisfaction is maintained through product conformance to agreed quality standards and processes, both with our own machined and assembled components, and all incoming parts from our supply chain.

The Company

Autocraft Machining Solutions is part of the Autocraft Solutions Group. Our 7,000sqm facility in Wellingborough is home to the group's medium to high volume machining capability. AMS specialises in cylinder head & block machining, bed plates, ladder frames, EV motor & transmission casings, and structural BIW components.

The Role

You’ll support New Product Introduction (NPI) through the approval of the initial sample reports, capability, analysis reports, hand-gauging and other product/customer specific activities. You’ll drive supplier and internal assessments against the requirements of industry standards, communicating any areas of concern to management and providing solutions to resolve.

As the first point of contact, you’ll liaise with suppliers and customers on key quality problems, leading and supporting 8D activities. You’ll analyse and report on production performance with the aim of prioritising improvement, and with a ‘best-practice’ attitude, you’ll be making suggestions to drive continuous improvement.

With a background in machined components and quality control, you’ll audit mandatory operator-performed calibrations checks; e.g. leak test pass and fail master, etch quality grading etc. to ensure full compliance.

You’ll be passionate about removing waste from the process, and will monitor both internal and external scrap levels, initiating problem solving activities and scrap reduction initiatives. You’ll coordinate the material flow of non-conforming parts from production to resolution. You’ll be passionate in maintaining customer-driven documentation of quality elements and ensure corrective actions are implemented.

You’ll contribute to the update of the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) documents and Product Control Plans in accordance with changes to process, updating said documentation where responsible.

Carrying out internal process and system audits in line with company quality accreditations including closing out audit findings, creating audits finding reports and determining robust corrective preventive actions will also be a key part of your role. You’ll participate in the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process as part of the team, particularly supporting the quality elements.

Salary & Working Hours

£40,000-£45,000 pa depending on experience

Staff Day Shift: Mon–Thu 08:00–17:00, Fri 08:00–14:00