Quality Technician 6175

Quality Technician
Location: Newport
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm (with a half-hour unpaid lunch), and Friday, 7:30 am to 12:30 pm (39 hours per week)
Salary: £29,000 – £30,000 per annum

Are you passionate about quality and precision? Join our team as a Quality Technician in Newport, where you will play a key role in ensuring the highest standards of quality for products leaving our factory.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the quality of finished products in compliance with job instructions, standards, and specifications.
• Conduct tests on specimens in accordance with customer specifications and international standards, maintaining and monitoring the results database.
• Compile and publish laboratory reports on test results as requested.
• Participate in RCA initiatives to reduce non-conformance trends and improve quality.
• Analyse laboratory data to identify trends and take preventive actions to avoid non-conformities.
• Perform final release documentation checks, sign Certificates of Conformance, and maintain familiarity with AS9100 and NADCAP process requirements.
• Conduct internal audits to support the site’s quality management system.
• Assist in maintaining processes such as calibration, document control, and training, ensuring compliance with quality standards.

Key Skills and Requirements

• Familiarity with quality standards and processes, including AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a "right first time" mindset.
• Familiarity with laboratory procedures and methods.
• Proficiency in inspection techniques.
• Ability to read and follow drawings and specifications.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Good communication skills.

Why Join Us?

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

To apply, please email your CV to andrew.penrith@first-base.co.uk or call Andrew on 01453 755330.

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