Salary - Starting salary of £32,732
Location- Wednesbury, WS10 7XD
Regular travel abroad will be required as part of this role
Are you interested in accelerating your career in the Engineering sector? Are you are already studying an engineering subject and want to get some hands on experience? If so, this might be the role for you.
Right now, we're looking for a Quality Engineer Trainee to join our Quality team based at our Wednesbury site. This role will require some regular travel abroad to our global suppliers in Europe, India, China and Turkey to undertake site visits and audits to support improvements from our third-party suppliers.
As part of the Quality Engineer (QE) Trainee role you will be undertake a 3 year apprenticeship programme. You will start on the E.ON QE foundation level course and will have hands on coaching and mentoring in all aspects of Quality deployment.
All throughout your journey you will be supported by an academic structure of learning formally recognised by the Chartered Quality Institute. At the end of the 3-year programme you will be degree level qualified, and experienced, to become a fully-fledged Quality Engineer.
Here's what you'll be doing
- Quality Analysis and fault finding of assets and failed assets from the field. Including electric vehicle charge points and Gas/Electric meters and Smart meters.
- Quality Analysis of new assets from our third party suppliers.
- Manage internal and external stakeholders associated with asset failure.
- Incident management associated with asset failure.
- Support the development and implementation of quality tools, process and approaches for E.ON's vendor quality management
- Auditing vendor quality processes and documentation
- Undertake vendor manufacturing sites audits.
- Support the developing of the scope of quality assurance for assets
- Manage Quality KPI's for Asset & Logistics
- Engage with senior management at the vendor organisations and internal E.ON management to report on progress and to raise and resolve any issues
- Manage daily / weekly Quality improvement meetings with vendors
**What we need from you
- A basic understanding of engineering
- Excellent level of Maths/English
- A passion for energy asset engineering and the willingness to learn and develop a career
- A full valid UK/EU driving licence
- Valid passport with the ability to travel internationally at short notice.
Desirable
- Experience in asset inspection and returns triage and calibration
What you'll get in return
- Follow an apprenticeship programme that is recognised by CQI - Chartered Quality Institute ending in a Degree level qualification
- Training and experience in becoming an auditor
- Training and experience into PPAP - Production Part Approval Process
- Excellent company benefits
**Here's what you need to know
We offer an initial starting salary of £32,732 with potential pay progressions throughout the scheme based on academic and placement performance.
Our market-leading benefits package includes 26 days holiday + bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus and the chance to choose from 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. In fact, our benefits package recently won the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition and Benefits Award 2022!
As the only energy company to feature in The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (our 2022/23 ranking is 8th) we've proven that we're committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.
We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we're happy to talk flexible working and offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time and job share.
As a Disability Confident Employer we interview every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
We've exciting opportunities for everyone to develop their talent at E.ON. Our open access, inclusive talent networks provide networking, learning and development for all, building your skills, qualifications, and capabilities throughout your career.