Job Title
Quality Engineer
Job Description
The Special Steel Group is located in Sheffield and is one of the most successful steel and engineering businesses in the country, and a recipient of the Queens Award for Enterprise.
The Group consists of 6 independently operational businesses covering multiple disciplines including forging, heat treatment, testing, machining, and global distribution of advanced nickel-based alloys & special steels.
Our customer base has expanded and diversified significantly in the last few years, and we are keen to ensure our quality department is fully resourced to support this wider portfolio of prime and third-party quality approvals necessary to operate at these prominent levels.
Consequently, a full-time opportunity has arisen for a Quality Engineer to join the Group quality department based at our HQ in Sheffield.
The role is full time, office-based working 5 days, Monday to Friday 8:30am-5:00pm. with interaction across all our Sheffield sites – so we offer plenty of variety through the working day!
The successful candidate will report directly to the Group Quality Manager to ensure our wider quality activities are unified throughout the Group, whilst having their own portfolio of Group companies to oversee.
Duties & Responsibilities.
-Working with the Group Quality Manager to maintain our range of QMS
approvals, providing support when adopting further approvals.
-Maintenance of Supplier Approval(s).
-Engage & drive improvement initiatives.
-Working alongside the wider company Quality and Technical departments to
undertake problem solving activities/events using 8D/5W techniques.
-Development of standard operating procedures/working instructions.
-Undertaking of audits, both internal and external.
Skills Required
The successful candidate will have:
-Comprehensive knowledge of ISO9001:2015 Management System Standards.
Aerospace Management System and / or Nadcap experience will be beneficial
but not vital.
-Experience working within a steel / engineering environment.
-Experience of undertaking audits to the above standard(s).
-Experience of undertaking problem solving activities using techniques
including 5 why, Ishikawa and 8D.
Qualifications.
-GCSE’s or ‘A’ Level Qualification/s including English, Mathematics and
Science.
-NVQ/Certificate/Diploma in Quality Management or similar (Preferred).
-Auditing qualifications (Preferred).
Key Skills.
The ideal candidate must have:
-Excellent spoken and written communication.
-Skilled using a computer and be familiar using Microsoft Word and Excel
packages.
-Ability to build relationships and liaise with people at all levels of the
business.
-Flexible attitude with multi-tasking skills.
-Attention to detail is essential.
Salary:
The salary will depend on experience and so open to discussion, but in the region of £30,000 to £40,000 pa. Other usual benefits apply, with on site parking, pension contributions and financial support for further academic study in an associated field to develop your career.
How To Apply
If you think that this sounds like you and you are excited by this opportunity, just send us a short CV and tell us a bit about yourself to either:
Gemmahopper@specialsteelgroup.com (Group Quality Manager)
OR
suegrayson@specialsteelgroup.com (Group HR)
Or if you prefer an informal chat first, email or call us on 0114 244 1061 to fix a time.
Alternatively, you can apply in writing to Sue Grayson, Group HR Officer, Bacon Lane, Sheffield, S9 3NH Marked Private & Confidential.
Salary
£30,000-£40,000
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