Product Quality Engineer

4 days ago

Wilmslow, United Kingdom Waters Full time
Overview

An opportunity has arrisen to work within the Waters Quality department as a Product Quality Engineer, with a focus on improving the quality of products received and shipped to ensure continual improvement of processes, thus helping reduce defects and issues.

To drive product improvements within the organisation and the supply chain by highlighting gaps, implementing improved processes and continual management of the product related QMS (including corrective and preventive actions).

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Responsibilities

  • Represents supplier quality for new product development activities, supports supplier performance assessment process and prioritises actions to address adverse trends.
  • Attends regular communication with cross-functional teams to identify root cause of problems and create plans for short term and long-term remediation
  • Support activities related to the QMS including CAPA, NCRs, MRB, deviations etc
  • Performs external (supplier) audits.
  • Represents Quality Engineering through product lifecycle management to help ensure product manufacturability, reliability and cost effectiveness.
  • Identify new, or changes to existing, processes and systems to improve effectivity and efficiency of the Quality system in accordance with the requirements of: ISO 9001; ISO 13485; 21 CFR part 820.

Qualifications

Education:

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

Experience:
  • Proven knowledge of ISO 9001, experience in ISO 13485 and 21 CFR part 820 desired
  • 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 may be required to support Supplier visits and audits.

In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days 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.

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