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Senior Quality and Improvement Engineer

Senior Quality and Improvement Engineer

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Centrax are seeking a Senior Quality and Improvement Engineer to maintain and enhance the quality and performance of the company’s products, processes and services. To conduct appropriate inspections on equipment at Centrax, customers and suppliers sites to ensure conformance to requirements. To develop and improve quality assurance systems and processes within Centrax and our suppliers, and to audit to ensure conformance.

Responsibilities to include:

  • As directed, conduct inspections, at Centrax, customers and suppliers’ sites in accordance with; procedures, specifications and regulations ensuring the equipment meets the requirements and the results are accurately compiled and documented and the data is entered into the respective databases and all required parties informed in a timely manner.
  • Issues that cannot be resolved must be clearly identified and communicated to the various parties utilising the appropriate systems so that they can be resolved in a timely and professional manner.
  • Communicate issues found to all interested parties to further develop the product and/or process in terms of reliability, cost etc.
  • To attend and participate as appropriate, the various meetings and visits to ensure that the customer and engineering requirements regarding product performance and specification are understood, communicated to all parties prior to any; manufacture, testing, inspections etc.
  • Manage non-conformances found throughout the process to ensure all issues are resolved and acceptable and meaningful corrective actions are implemented.
  • Utilise feedback regarding issues at site that could potentially be resolved prior to delivery, thereby continuing to identify opportunities to improve and develop our procedures and processes.
  • Work with other departments, to manage the supply chain to both meet and exceed our customer expectations regarding supplier approvals, quality and delivery of equipment and documentation.
  • As directed, ensure that the supplier documentation meets all Centrax and customer requirements.
  • Assist in developing and improving the procedures, processes and specifications as required to ensure conformance to ISO9001, ISO14001 & ISO45001 and customer requirements, and to ensure compliance to all applicable regulations.
  • Conduct supplier and internal audits as directed, to maintain and enhance our ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and PED approvals, utilising the audit system.
  • To take responsibility for Health & Safety and Environmental issues with regards to inspection and for ensuring that procedures are followed.
  • As directed, provide training and coaching to other members of staff, suppliers and customers. To similarly ensure that other members of the quality team are kept abreast of procedures and practices.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential:

  • Excellent communication, organisational, investigative, and reporting skills.
  • Degree in an Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
  • A steady and methodical work attitude with the ability to be flexible and adapt to tight deadlines.
  • Ability to work using own initiative and to travel within Europe and internationally as required.
  • Hold a ISO9001 Auditor qualification.
  • Be able to create a supplier audit plan and regularly conduct audits and reviews on agreed suppliers.
  • Experience with the creation of manufacturing or quality processes & procedures and provides education to the users.
  • Has a working knowledge of ISO9001:2015 or equivalent QMS.
  • Proven experience working in a role that has exposure to project delivery activities and be familiar with the types of processes and procedures used to deliver large capital projects.
  • Strong experience with root cause analysis and supporting quality tools.
  • Experience supporting and developing junior team members.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Pension scheme
  • BUPA health cover
  • Death in Service benefit
  • 9-day working fortnight – to promote work life balance
  • Secure on-site parking
  • 25 days holiday plus statutory days

Please provide a full CV when applying and also provide an explanation for any gaps in your employment history where applicable, along with your salary expectations.

Closing Date for applications: 4 July 2025

Whilst applications from persons meeting all of the essential requirements are invited, applicants must also be working in the UK or already have the right to do so and, where required, must be able to relocate to within daily commutable distance of Newton Abbot at short notice and at their own expense.

Centrax is committed to ensuring your privacy is protected. Information by which you can be identified during and after the recruitment process will be handled in accordance with our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.

For Recruiters:
At Centrax we know the precise type of person who would flourish in our business. As such we won’t consider speculative or unsolicited CVs from agencies whether emailed to Centrax employees or the HR team.

We only use agencies who have signed up to our preferred supplier list and have an understanding of our business. Only our selected recruitment partners will earn a fee where we have instructed them directly within a specific remit.

Date of Advertisement: 19 June 2025
Vacancy Ref. 2514

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