Quality Engineer

Company description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. 

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. 

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Job description

Flexible working - We operate in a hybrid working environment where you will be required to be onsite 2 days per week, however, there will be times when you need to come in more often to complete particular projects, so some flexibility will be required. 

Stuck in a rut, needing a new challenge?

The Design Engineering & Sciences (DES) function creates new growth platforms for our clients through delivering creativity in design, innovation in engineering and discoveries science. Our work is ingenious, multi-disciplinary, and delivered at a pace and scale unrivalled by our competitors. By delivering breakthrough growth platforms, products, services, and experiences, we set a new standard for design-led innovation.

We are looking for an exceptional Quality Engineer to support the DES Quality Manager maintaining and supporting the current quality management system and ensuring compliance with quality, regulatory and customer requirements.

Reporting to the Quality Manager, you will be enthused by innovation, familiar with quality systems, knowledgeable about regulations and be driven to use your knowledge of product development to ensure that our scientists, engineers and developers deliver a fantastic service that meets the highest standards of quality.

Applicants are not expected to have gained experience across all the industries and sectors noted but must have a thorough understanding of ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 quality systems.

Coaching and external training will be available.

You will have opportunity to:

• Support the Quality Manager with the maintenance of the QMS
• Contribute to external audits from ISO certification bodies for the QMS and from clients undertaking supplier approval audits for work
• Work with our consultants to provide support and advice, as well as engaging and empowering colleagues to take ownership of best practice, and codify it in the QMS
• Usage and deployment of eQMS systems to drive change in the business that supports colleagues and improves compliance
• Work to deliver the internal audit plan with stakeholders and undertake audits to assess effectiveness of both work and QMS, managing the CAPA process
• Contribute to quality metrics, assess performance against them and report findings
• Contribute to management review meetings by helping to compile the summary reports assessing the effectiveness of the management system and help develop the strategy and long-term plans
• Train colleagues on QMS processes and develop innovative ways to engage and support the consultancy team to improve familiarity with the management system and meet PA’s targets
• Support client projects, specifically in more highly regulated industries, ensuring activities meet relevant Quality standards / design controls for medical / drug delivery devices

Qualifications

About you

• A Quality Practitioner with experience in operational quality assurance
• Working understanding of either ISO standards ISO9001 or ISO13485
• Great communication skills for interactions with training staff, and external audits, which may include clients and certification bodies
• A willingness to engage across a multi-disciplinary environment
• The ability to develop, learn and broaden out across multiple sectors to get to grips with best practice and applicable regulations

Additional information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) 
• Generous company pension scheme
• Healthcare by BUPA
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com

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