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Location

England | United Kingdom

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Job description

Overview

Quality Engineer

Based in Leicester

Our team at JBT in Leicester is looking for a confident and resilient Quality Engineer to drive efficiencies and provide their expertise on all things quality. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the highest standards of quality throughout our organisation. You will be responsible for developing and implementing quality management systems, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and fostering a culture of excellence. Your expertise will contribute to enhancing our processes, optimising efficiency, and exceeding customer expectations.

As our Quality Engineer you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process optimisation, reduce waste, and enhance operational productivity. To provide this ongoing support it’s essential for you to stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and regulatory requirements related to quality management and continuous improvement.

This can be a challenging role when you’re driving changes and improvements, by instilling motivation and trust in your team members and setting clear expectations you’ll gain their commitment and that team ethos to be able to meet the end goal.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of a Quality Engineer:

• Manage the Non-Conformance/Jira process.
• Monitor product quality and statistical analysis of collected data.
• Improve the reliability and maintainability of all products through root cause analysis and troubleshooting of outstanding issues (Jira or similar)
• Drive the resolution of reliability and safety issues.
• Develop and manage reliability and functional testing for new products.
• Develop reliability statistics from field feedback.
• Determine root causes of quality issues and develop effective corrective and preventive action plans.
• Manage product recalls.
• Visit customer that are experiencing quality issues to determine and manage open issues and resolution.
• Conduct supplier quality audits and manage supplier non-conformances.
• Implement process improvements, with thorough follow-up to ensure sustainability.
• Audit compliance to the ISO 9001-2015 quality system

What we’re looking for in a Quality Engineer

• Charisma and lots of energy!
• Independence, engagement and drive
• Focused and committed
• Strong willed
• Someone who loves challenge and change
• A structured approach
• Confident and clear communicator
• Detail-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality results

Quality Engineer Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Quality Management, Engineering, Business Administration) is required.
• Proven experience in quality management, continuous improvement, or related roles, preferably in Automotive, Manufacturing or Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems, methodologies, and tools (e.g., ISO standards, Lean, Six Sigma).
• Experienced in Microsoft Office tools
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse data, identify trends, and develop effective solutions.
  

Qualifications

We are growing both organically and by acquisitions and are continuously looking for new employees that want to grow with us!We are awesome at supplying the food processing industries with cutting edge machinery and equipment. We design, manufacture, test and service technologically sophisticated systems and products for our customers.

It is an exciting time to join us, we are just missing a super Quality Engineer to add to our team!

We seek people with passion, engagement and determination to give our customers the BEST service, as well as the drive to work with us to develop best in class internal standards and specifications, as we know this will make a huge difference to our organisation short, mid and long term!

What We Offer You:

• An attractive basic salary
• 25 days annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays
• Access to Private Health Care
• Salary Sacrifice pension matched to 8%
• Retail Discount Scheme
• Group Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing platform
• The ability to work in an established international and fast-growing company with great opportunities for personal development
• A work environment where we value individual initiatives (everyone matters at JBT)
• Continuous development and improvement (always in it together as a team)

If you're interested in our Quality Engineer role, please click to apply.

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