Quality Assurance Apprentice

As a Quality Assurance Apprentice, you will learn a range of skills from a variety of tasks, developing skills and knowledge that will be useful to any future career! You will not only develop strong technical and legal compliance knowledge, but you will develop strong soft skills, such as communication from working with people across the business, from Stores to Assembly to Sales.

Your daily duties will include:

Promotion of ‘Total Quality’ ethos and quality improvements within all aspects of the business Acting as the voice of the customer to ensure process owners are responsible for their quality performance Implement actions that reduce the impact of poor quality Support all departments re-continuous development Investigation of internal manufacturing/assembly non-conformances using 8D Facilitation of daily non-conformance review meetings Resolution of customer complaints Supplier approvals/auditing/support including supplier visits as required Consideration of deviations and issuing of concessions Assessment of measurement systems (Gauge R&R) Component failure investigations including measurements Creation, coordination and review of inspection reports Support of the organisation’s IMS ISO 9001/14001 and 45001 certifications Internal auditing of IMS Support the management of departmental objectives to support business goals Proactively improve internal systems through enterprise change management Any other reasonable and relevant duties as requested by the Quality Systems Lead

Training:

You will undertake a Level 4 Quality Practitioner Apprenticeship with an Ofsted rated Outstanding training provider, CSR Scientific Training, which will include: 

Fully recognised apprenticeship qualification - Level 4 Quality Practitioner On-the-job competency training Monthly online lectures A continuous improvement project 

This apprenticeship is professionally recognised by the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) and successful completion of this programme provides opportunity for Practitioner registration with the CQI. CSR are an approved provider and when you enrol onto this apprenticeship, you are entitled to 50% discount off Student membership for the first 2 years with the CQI.

Training Outcome:

Following the Level 4 the apprentice would progress to a Junior QA Engineer. With further experience the role develops into a QA Engineer.

Employer Description:
At CarnuadMetalbox Engineering (CMbE), we design, develop and manufacture high-performance metal forming and finishing machinery to produce beverage, food and aerosol cans. We supply precision-engineered canmaking machinery to a global market. All manufactured at our headquarters in Shipley & Leeds! We are a global business and one of the leading Canmaking machinery manufacturers worldwide. We have over 4,500 operational machines worldwide, over 90 years of experience and have won 4 Queens awards! Our Quality Assurance Engineers are crucial for ensuring our machines remain the best in class, by ensuring compliance to company processes and whilst maintaining compliance with existing Quality, Health and Safety and Environmental certifications. Quality assurance is key for driving continuous improvement.

Working Hours :
37.5 hours per week on a flexible basis although you must be at work during the following core times: Monday to Thursday 09:30 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 15:00 Friday 09:30 to 13:00 Breaks - Daily 1 X 30-minute unpaid break (minimum)

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Initiative