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