Quality Project Engineer

Coventry

Full time, permanent

About Agratas

Agratas is a global battery business within the Tata group. We are rapidly scaling up our operations to pioneer the design, development, and manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) at our state-of-the-art gigafactory in the UK.

The Role

As Quality Project Engineer you will be supporting a cross functional team ensuring quality is designed into our products and processes from very initial research phase.

The Quality Project Engineer will be part of a team of engineers ensuring reliability of product and processes to minimise both risk and impact of failure, use clear data analysis techniques to make quality recommendations across the business and act as a quality partner to R&D and manufacturing. You will represent quality to the customer and be the quality point of contact during product development.

You will use your knowledge to apply APQP principles to in-house design and manufacture, training and developing the skills of direct and indirect teams as you go.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Representing Quality & the “voice of the customer” in the development of product and processes in the industrialization of products.
• Facilitating cross-functional teams during the development of deliverables through the APQP process – Process flows, FMEA, Control plan etc.
• Utilising lessons learnt during product development processes to ensure continuous improvement of the Quality, APQP and NPI procedures.
• Initiating and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting and development of Control of production (COP) requirements and audits.
• Supporting the development of tools to ensure statical process capability and identify trends through production.
• Supporting the development of standards and best practice within the Manufacturing processes.
• Reporting on product development process overall status, key risks and opportunities.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in the application of Customer APQP requirements.
• Educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Quality related subject.
• Certified 6 sigma Green Belt.
• Core Tools Certified (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP / Control Plan).
• Previous experience working for a Tier 1 manufacturer, or OEM is essential.
• You must demonstrate that you are a self-starter that can hit the ground running.
• Proven stakeholder management and relationship building skills and proven cross-functional leadership skills.
  
  

At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each employee. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.