Quality Assurance Administrator

**BACKGROUND**:
Based in the heart of the UK with a long and distinguished history serving the Defence and Rail industries, Transcal Engineering offer world-class fabrication to both UK-based and international clients. The combination of a highly skilled workforce and Transcal’s passion for innovation and engineering excellence allows us to offer comprehensive, high quality and competitive solutions for a variety of customers. As a result of continued success and growth we’re now looking to add to our already talented team

**Key Responsibilities and Duties**

**SAFETY**:

- Safety must always be a prime consideration and you are required to ensure that the safety of people, the environment and our products are never compromised
- You have a responsibility under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, to take reasonable care of yourself and other persons that may be affected by your acts or omissions at work, secure the health, safety, and welfare of your staff at work and protect, so far as is reasonably practicable, all others against risks to their health or safety arising from your work activities and those of their staff and ensure that your duties are discharged adequately. The responsibility to achieve the duty cannot be delegated. The tasks required to discharge them can be delegated; assistance and support can be obtained; but the responsibility remains with you

**DIMENSIONS**:

- Exercise the highest degree of discretion and professionalism, when dealing with sensitive data and information
- Prepare First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR’s), for submission to the Customer in-line with specific contractual requirements
- Assisting the Quality Team with administration of the documented Business Management Systems (BMS)
- Provide technical administrative support to the Quality Director, ensuring this is completed efficiently, as determined by time-bound requirements
- Provide administrative support to other functions of the business as required, ensuring operational requirements are met
- Uploading data and documented information to the Business Management System as appropriate
- Proactively contribute to the Continual Improvement programmes across the business, providing guidance as necessary
- Support the collection of KPI data and creation of performance charts as required
- Coordinate and assist with preparation of systems documentation necessary to meet with the requirements of statutory and regulatory bodies, including applicable versions of ISO 9001, 3834, and EN 15085. (Others as applicable)
- Promote awareness and use of the Business Management System(s), identifying opportunities for training and up-skilling

**Qualifications**
- Proficient with MS Office
- Experience working in quality focused, administrative role for a department
- Auditor training desirable

**Previous experience**

**ESSENTIAL**
- Minimum of 1 year current experience within an Administration position
- BS EN ISO 9001:2015 awareness
- A strong background and experience of document and data control
- Experience of working within a busy administrative function
- Excellent attention to detail
- Effective communication skills
- Prioritise and perform duties whilst under minimum supervision
- Experience with the creation of FAI documentation
- Ability to work efficiently and to deadlines, to achieve time-bound requirements
- Excellent team player with a proactive hands-on approach
- Flexibility to performing other tasks if required, and willing to learn new skills

**DESIRABLE**
- Ability to read and interpret Engineering drawings
- Experience of working within Defence and / or Rail Industry sectors
- Experience of Defence (AQAP's, Mil Std's), Rail (RIS), and Automotive (IATF), Standards
- Inspection activities, checking processes and procedural requirements
- Experience of Supply Chain management - Supplier development and auditing
- Internal auditor, (UKAS accredited provider)
- Qualified / current experience of using Lean Six Sigma

Working Day

Working Hours

7:45 - 17:15 Mon - Thurs / 7:45 - 13:00 Fri

(40 hours of work per week. You may be expected to work any additional hours depending on business requirements)

This is an outline description of the key responsibilities and accountabilities involved in the job. This is not an exhaustive list, and the post-holder might be expected to undertake other duties across the wider directorate, commensurate within the level of responsibility of this post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience or training and reflective of the changing needs of TRANSCAL Engineering.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift

**Experience**:

- Administrative: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person