Quality Assurance Assistant
Oldham
£33,000 - £38,000 DOE

SF Engineering are recruiting for a Quality Assurance Assistant to provide administrative and data support to the Quality team, ensuring that all documentation, records, and reports related to product quality, audits, and compliance are accurately maintained and up to date.

Quality Assurance Assistant Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and update quality documentation, including logging and updating the status of complaints.
- Enter and manage data in quality databases and spreadsheets.
- Prepare and issue KPI summaries for management review.
- Assist in the control of non-conformance reports (NCRs), corrective actions (CAPAs), and improvement logs.
- Support internal and external audits by organising online files and ensuring record completeness.
- Track and schedule equipment calibrations, ensuring all tools remain within calibration.
- Coordinate and maintain document control system (ie training records, document reviews, and revision control for procedures and work instructions).
- Communicate with production, engineering and suppliers to resolve documentation or quality data queries.
- Provide general administrative support to the QHSE Manager and Quality Inspectors as required.

Quality Assurance Assistant Key Skills & Competencies:
- Experience of working in a Manufacturing environment is preferred so there is a solid understanding and awareness of the process flow from raw materials to finished products
- ( including procurement, planning and production, quality testing through to packaging and distribution).
- Strong administrative and organisational skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Confident user of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook; experience with databases or QMS software essential.
- Ability to manipulate and analyse data is essential
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Able to prioritise and handle multiple tasks in a busy manufacturing environment.
- Essential understanding of ISO 9100 and / or ISO 9120 principles or similar quality systems.

Quality Assurance Assistant Typical Background:
- Previous experience in an administrative or quality support role within a manufacturing or engineering company.
- Knowledge of quality documentation, auditing, or compliance desirable.
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths; further education or quality-related training advantageous.