Machining Quality Engineer

Jaguar Land Rover

Machining Quality Engineer

£55000

Jaguar Land Rover, Wolverhampton

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 4 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: c93daf2ed73c437ba2dac91098866289

Full Job Description

As a Machining Quality Engineer, you will provide engineering and technical support to the Operations team at our Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) in Wolverhampton.

You will assist with developing process improvements, analyse quality issues, understand tooling properties, coordinate technical change and liaise between departments to correctly identify the root cause of an issue and then install a robust countermeasure to ensure the same issue does not occur again.

This is a role that you will thrive in, as you'll be given the opportunity to learn and develop new methods to increase the team's effectiveness as well as your own.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:


  • Be the primary interface for the Cylinder Block, Cylinder Head, Crankshaft and EDU housing team in the resolution of issues derived from tool, process or assembly failures.
  • Management of multiple machine tools & assembly systems covering a wide range of processes

  • The defining and delivery of the optimised tooling used to generate the product design

  • Introducing innovative new technologies into our manufacturing processes to improve safety, productivity, quality & cost metrics

  • Scrap analysis and implementation of plans to reduce scrap year on year

  • Dealing with customer issues & non-conformance

  • Supporting daily production issues to help achieve operational metrics

  • Be the driver of accurate problem solving within machining, drive the teams to follow the standard problem-solving techniques and be able to challenge the teams openly, with integrity, to drive continuous improvement

  • Pursue continuing education on new solutions, technology, and skills

    Knowledge of high-precision machining processes (particularly milling, drilling, reaming, boring, honing etc)

  • An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning

  • A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas

  • An effective team player, actively develops and assists team members

  • Problem-solving skills with the ability to work with multiple sets of data simultaneously

  • CNC programming experience

    An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world's most iconic brands. JLR is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey., Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you'll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.