Major Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Parts Quality Engineer on a rolling 12-month contract, to join a multinational, automotive manufacturer based in Oxford.

Location: Oxford

Pay rate: £21.88ph

Standard working hours: 37.5hours per week

The role of the Parts Quality Engineer is to have a willingness to strive and use your manufacturing process knowledge to deal with the highest and most demanding specifications.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage critical supplier concerns and achieve product process maturity, capability, and ongoing efficiency improvements.
• Ensuring the supplier is adhering to the standards and targets defined by the company process.
• You will be responsible for any issues that arise and deal with them accordingly.
• Conduct root cause analysis to determine long and short-term solutions in a timely manner and escalate any issues as appropriate.
• Liaise with suppliers who need to be developed and managed to ensure uncompromising quality and right first-time delivery mentality.

Candidate specification

• Degree or Apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering would be advantageous.
• A strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, production quality control methods and systems, quality management systems, tools, and maturation processes
• Have the ability to take ownership of problems and find solutions.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to steer influence across the teams.
• Excellent conflict management and diplomacy skills
• General IT skills (Microsoft Office) as well as Business Process IT knowledge
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail

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