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Senior Quality Engineer - Sheffield Based

Do you have experience with ISO 9001:2015 and /or BS EN/AS 9100/9120 Aerospace Management System and/or Nadcap. If so, we would like to hear from you, as we are expanding our quality department with the appointment of a Senior Quality Engineer.

The Special Steel Group is one of the most successful steel and engineering businesses in the country, and a recipient of the Queens Award for Enterprise. The Group consists of 6 independently operational businesses covering multiple disciplines including forging, heat treatment, testing, machining, and global distribution of advanced nickel-based alloys & special steels.

We have a team of quality focussed professionals, based at our Group HQ in Sheffield, and this role is full time (5 days a week), office-based, with operational area interaction across all our Sheffield sites – so we offer plenty of variety through the working day! The successful candidate will report directly to the Group Quality Manager to ensure our wider quality activities are unified throughout the Group, whilst having their own portfolio of Group companies to oversee.

We are looking for someone who already has some experience in the typical systems and activities below:

* Previously undertaken roles in a Quality Professional/Engineer position (or similar).

* Experience working within a steel / engineering environment (preferred but not vital).

* Comprehensive knowledge of National Standards and approvals including ISO9001:2015, BS EN/AS 9100/9120 Aerospace Management System and/or Nadcap.

* Experience of undertaking audits to the above standard(s).

* Experience of undertaking problem solving activities using techniques including 5 why, Ishikawa and 8D.

With that experience above, we would expect some of these qualifications.

* NVQ/Certificate/Diploma in Quality Management or similar.

* Relevant auditing qualifications.

* GCSE’s or ‘A’ Level Qualification/s including English, Mathematics and Science.

* Membership to the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) is preferred but not essential.

The salary will depend on experience and other usual benefits will apply, with on site parking, pension contributions, up to 28 days holiday (+stats) with longer service and financial support for further academic study in an associated field to develop your career.

How To Apply

If you think that this sounds like you and you are excited by this opportunity, just send us a short CV by email and tell us a bit about yourself to either Sue Grayson, Group HR Officer or Gemma Hopper, Group Quality Manager.

Or if you prefer an informal chat first, email or call us on (phone number removed) to fix a time.

Alternatively, you can apply in writing to Sue Grayson, Group HR Officer, Bacon Lane, Sheffield, S9 3NH Marked Private & Confidential.

Interviews will be conducted in January 2025