Jobs in Bottesford

Quality Engineer

All About Us
Barrett Central Processing is part of Barrett Steel, the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 160 years of heritage, proud to be family owned,  we have 29 sites and are dedicated to innovation, pushing the business forward to ensure we stay at forefront of the industry;  Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business, we encourage innovative thinking and have an open door for people to lead and influence change. We now welcome applications for a new opening for a Quality Engineer. 
All about the role
The purpose of this new role is to ensure the production quality standards, inspection processes, and operational controls are consistently applied across the production centre. This is a hands-on operational quality role, not purely administrative and you will spend the majority of working time on the production floor and within the warehouse areas, identifying risks before defects leave the production area and supporting production teams with practical quality guidance.
The role is responsible for:

Managing NCRs (Non-Conformance Reports)
Driving root cause analysis and corrective actions
Process Compliance & Auditing 
Reducing repeat quality issues
Maintaining a strong visible presence on the warehouse and production floor to ensure processes, checks, and standards are actively followed in practice
Driving a culture of exceptional product quality, presentation, and customer-focused standards across all operational areas 
This is a hands-on operational quality role, not purely administrative.
Spend the majority of working time on the production floor and warehouse areas
Conduct routine in-process inspections across steel processing operations
Verify operators are following agreed SOPs, work instructions, and quality checks
Ensure inspection points and hold points are completed correctly
Challenge and correct process deviations in real time

All About You
You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way. 
Essential Skills for the role: 

Hands-on experience using a range of measuring equipment in a production/manufacturing environment for e.g. callipers, verniers, micrometres, gauges, to ensure product accuracy and compliance
Competent in interpreting measurement results and recording data in line with quality standards
Experience maintaining and calibrating inspection equipment to ensure reliability and accuracy
Strong understanding of maintaining quality processes in line with group/company procedures and standards
Experience conducting internal audits and ensuring adherence to established quality management systems 
Proactive in identifying process deviations and implementing corrective actions 
Experience managing NCRs and root cause investigations
Confident communicating with production teams on the shop floor
Practical, proactive, and detail-oriented approach

We offer you

Highly competitive salary depending on your experience
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Annual Cycle to Work Scheme
Life assurance
Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
Access to health and wellbeing services
Barrett Steel pension  

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