Senior Quality Engineer

CP Electronics, a brand of Legrand Electric Ltd, is committed to developing innovative, energy saving controls for lighting, heating and ventilation. Due to our expanding success, we are now seeking a self-driven and highly motivated Senior Quality Engineer to join our forward thinking, successful electronic manufacturing company based in Wembley, Northwest London (NW10).

What we can offer you:

You will be working in an environment geared towards performance with an open corporate culture that values the contribution of every individual. We can also offer you an exciting, fast-paced working environment, a culture of teamwork and the opportunity to play a vital role in our growth.

Organisational responsibility & location:

Based at our Wembley site, you will be responsible for daily quality control activity within a busy electronics assembly area. In addition, you will in cooperation with others develop and maintain the Company Quality Management System and provide knowledge and skills to promote a positive quality culture in the workplace.

 Principle responsibilities:

• Actively drive improvements in shopfloor quality through the implementation of formal procedures based on best practice.
• To effectively manage and maintain the sample approval process.
• Carry out internal audits and support purchasing with supplier audits.
• Monitor and support performance improvement through data capture and reporting, including management review meetings.
• Define shopfloor processes and procedures in conjunction with operational teams.
• Cooperate with purchasing team to establish supplier quality performance criteria and monitor supplier performance.
• Ensure compliance with ISO9001.
• Investigation and reporting of non-conformances.
• Investigation and reporting of Customer Complaints.
• Co-ordinate and control equipment calibration.
• Carry out quality meetings which include documenting quality issues and providing feedback.
• Identify new processes and equipment to streamline production and provide cost reductions.
• To monitor and control local quality training within the department and factory.
• Support correspondence with Clients / Customers requiring Company information.
• Quality induction material/training to all new employees.
• Abide by the Legrand Core Values and Code of Ethics and strive to meet and exceed the Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments.
• Provide support in the investigation and analysis of customer returns.
• Report the status of technical related debit notes to Management. 
• Design and/or modification of QMS documents.
• Identify critical components and criteria and with support from colleagues develop and implement an effective GII system.
• In cooperation with colleagues ensure product UL compliance and requirements are met.

Skills Profile:

The successful candidate must:

• Have proven experience in modern electronics assembly environment and techniques including wave soldering, manual soldering, AOI methods, surface mount and THT techniques.
• Understand of fault finding on PCBs and assemblies.
• Be familiar with best practice in storage, movement and handling of electronics components, assemblies, and finished products.
• Have strong time management skills and excellent and attention to details.
• Be responsible, trustworthy, with a high standard of accuracy. Have good communication skills clearly at all levels of the organisation.
• Be analytical and numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving skills.
• Be driven with the ability to plan and deliver to meet project deadlines.
• Have commercial and financial awareness.
• Have experience of working in a busy environment with proven ability to effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Have good interpersonal skills, capable of maintaining working relationships.
• Be able to analyse complex situations and give balanced well considered decisions. Support, motivate and strive to get the best out of each team member.
• Have a good level of English
• Have good IT skills and be familiar with MS Office packages

Other information:

• Competitive Salary
• Full time, 37.5 hours/week, Monday to Friday
• Permanent

Research has shown that some under-represented groups tend to apply only if they meet every single requirement. Here at Legrand the desire to learn and the willingness to solve problems are more important to us than your experience. We therefore encourage you to apply even if you do not think you tick all the boxes - thinking outside of such boxes and embracing the diversity of mindsets and backgrounds is what we believe makes our teams thrive.