Quality Assurance Engineer

**Quality Assurance Engineer - Flaxby, Knaresborough - £38k**

My client strives to bring the world's best manufacturing practices together with residential construction to create a new and innovative style of homes. Does working amongst a team of technical experts and leaders to design, build, and install modular buildingsappeal to you? Are you eagle-eyed, precise, and passionate about product quality? If so, this may be the role for you

This position is full-time and permanent. You will be covering 37.5 hours a week (Monday-Friday) between the hours of 8:30 - 17:00.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure internal audits are conducted according to annual audit programme.
- Play an active role in auditing suppliers and aiding the purchasing team in supplier selection.
- Review and develop competency assessment process of internal auditors. Coach and support internal auditors, arrange workshop or identify methods to improve auditor's skillset.
- Conduct internal audits as a Lead or a Support Auditor. Ensure audits effectively assess compliance against internal and external requirements, and audits are focusing on driving improvement.
- Determine and communicate the annual audit programme for all internal and external audits. Ensure risk-based approach, the needs of the growing business and external requirements are taken into consideration.
- Ensure compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirement.
- Communicate to and work with departmental stakeholder to address findings from 1st and 3rd party audits.
- Lead and / or support root cause analysis. Act as governance to ensure all matters are being investigated.
- Work with Process Owners to ensure actions resulting from audits are resolved effectively, efficiently and in a timely manner. Conduct verification before closing out findings.
- Oversee and manage the Audit Findings Register.
- Define, collect, and analyse data relevant to the performance of the quality management system in particular activities related to auditing.
- Collate and report KPI's on a regular basis. Communicate and escalate quality concerns
- Support the implementation and development of an integrated management system (ISO9001, BOPAS, ISO14001, ISO45001)
- Participate in continuous improvement and quality system development activities
- Take an active role in process mapping workshops for improvement, waste reduction and to ensure external requirements are being met.
- Support the Quality Manager and the Head of Quality in various quality activities to help developing a Quality culture throughout the organisation.

**Required training and skills**:

- Engineering or technical degree preferred
- Presentation skills
- ISO 9001 or similar auditing experience, knowledge of quality planning tools & methodologies including Risk Assessments, Process Control Plan (PCP), Problem solving skills, Six sigma or statistical process control techniques, capability analysis and leanmanufacturing philosophies, project management
- Minimum of 3 years in quality assurance role
- Experience in manufacturing, engineering, or construction environment
- Auditing to standards (ISO 9000 or similar)
- Experience within a start-up or rapidly expanding business is advantage

**About you**:

- Leader by example
- Customer focused
- Passion for quality
- Proactive, engaged, hands-on
- Makes data driven decisions.
- Torque Consulting is a leading supplier of recruitment and headhunting services into the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Defence, Oil & Gas and Life Sciences. We pride ourselves on providing a service that leaves the personal touch while ensuringefficiency. If the position is not entirely suited to your professional experience, location, or financial expectations, please get in touch with a member of our team to find out about other opportunities. Both Torque Consulting and our client are equal opportunityemployers and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status._