Quality Technician

Quality Technician

Newport

£28,000 - £30,000

Yolk Recruitment is pleased to be working with a leading manufacturer in their period of expansion. With the Quality team growing this is a great opportunity for a graduate to join a secure company who can offer growth and professional development.

This is what you'll be doing as Quality Technician

• Perform final Inspection, being responsible for the quality of product leaving the factory guided by job instructions, standards and specifications
• Carry out other inspection duties, such as PPI, as required, in support of production
• Carry out all laboratory testing requirements on test specimens in accordance with customer specifications and international standards. To maintain the laboratory test specimen results database/spreadsheet
• Compile and publish laboratory reports indicating results of test specimens as requested
• Participate in RCA at site to help decrease non-conformance trends
• Monitor laboratory data for trends and act pre-emptively to prevent non-conformities
• Carry out final release documentation checks and sign Certificates of Conformance
• Liaise with Customers and Suppliers as required to resolve issues
• Become familiar with the AS9100 process
• Liaise with internal departments to troubleshoot on a daily basis and work towards eliminating sources of non-conformance
• Perform internal audits as required to support the site's quality management system
• Assist with maintaining and monitoring the site's quality management system processes and approvals such as calibration, document control and training
• Ensure a high level of communication to employees, managers and colleagues
• Good housekeeping of own work area and contribute to the general upkeep of the working environment
• Become familiar with the "check-work-check" process and be committed to a "right first time" approach to all tasks carried out

The experience you will bring as Quality Technician

• Familiar with Inspection techniques (Visual & First Article Inspection experience with Measurement Using Equipment such as Micrometres, Elcometer, Surface Roughness, etc.)
• Familiar with Lab procedures and methods (Microscope / Tensil Testing / Hardness testing / Sample Button Preparation, etc.)
• Ability to read and follow engineering drawings / specification
• High Level of attention to detail
• Good communication skills

And this is what you will receive in return

• Competitive salary
• Pension - match contribution from 4% - 10%
• Life Assurance - 2 x annual salary
• Employee assistance program including wellbeing app
• Free refreshments provided
• An entitlement to full pay whilst off sick for a limited number of days (in addition to your statutory sick pay entitlement)
• 25 days holiday plus national holidays

Are you up to the challenge?

If you feel you have the skills, experience and passion to be successful in this role apply now.

*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.