Quality Engineer

We are currently seeking candidates to fill the position of Quality Engineer.

As a Quality Engineer, you would join a purpose-driven company and an employer of choice, where we continuously strive to build on our World-Class technical textiles business within a sustainable manufacturing environment.

Heathcoat Fabrics are proud winners of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation and, as a part of our team, you will contribute to some of the world’s most innovative technical fabric-making projects. We are committed to ensuring our people have the skills and confidence to excel in their field, providing ongoing development opportunities for individuals to progress at all levels.

About the department and role

Our Quality Engineers support the Company in all areas of quality activities while striving for continuous improvement, operational performance, and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate should be able to support the QMS to meet the requirements of ISO9001 and customer-specific requirements. Activities will include supporting investigations and undertaking appropriate actions related to external and internal issues raised; performing improvement activities through data analysis, observation, and auditing; undertaking internal and external audits and managing findings to completion.

This is a great opportunity to support our innovative manufacturing processes, delivering continual improvement of efficiencies, reliability, and performance as part of a cross-functional team.

The ideal candidate will be self-driven, adaptable, a great team worker, and able to communicate verbally and through presentations and reports to all levels.

Skills, knowledge and experience required:

• Degree, equivalent qualification or experience in a relevant field
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to problem solve and utilise core Quality tools
• Ability to statistically analyse data for trends and patterns.

Desirable

• Experience or qualifications in lean tools, such as Six Sigma & FMEA
• Experience or qualification in internal auditing
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to use statistical software, such as SPC XL.

Apply today and be part of our vision.