Quality Engineer

Italy·Rivarotta Udinemid

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Role Scope and Accountabilities Spend approximately 70% of working time in production areas, with the balance dedicated to analysis, reporting, investigations and corrective-action follow-up.

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EngineeringQuality Engineer

Role Scope and Accountabilities

Spend approximately 70% of working time in production areas, with the balance dedicated to analysis, reporting, investigations and corrective-action follow-up.
Provide operational quality oversight for an assigned plant while collaborating across the wider three-plant manufacturing organisation.
Operate primarily on a daytime schedule while recognising that manufacturing activity continues across shifts; prioritise risk-based coverage and effective handovers.
Own timely detection, escalation and containment of internal product and process nonconformities; lead or coordinate root-cause investigations within the agreed quality governance model.

Key Responsibilities

Perform in-process visual and dimensional inspections of products, components and assemblies throughout manufacturing operations.
Verify compliance with engineering drawings, technical specifications, work instructions, inspection criteria and control plans.
Execute planned inspections on critical orders, products, projects or manufacturing processes and conduct risk-based shop-floor spot checks.
Document findings clearly, communicate issues to the relevant functions and follow through on agreed actions and closure dates.
Detect, record and report nonconformities; ensure timely identification, segregation and containment of affected materials and products.
Lead or coordinate root-cause analysis for internal manufacturing issues, involving Production, Process Engineering and other specialists as needed.
Support definition and implementation of corrective and preventive actions and verify their effectiveness.
Analyse recurring defects, scrap, rework, nonconformity and complaint data to identify trends, process weaknesses and improvement priorities.
Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of control plans, inspection methods, work instructions and quality standards.
Participate in manufacturing-quality and continuous-improvement initiatives designed to reduce defects, variability and customer risk.

Key Relationships

Production Managers, Shift Leaders and shop-floor teams.
Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering.
Supplier Quality, Customer Quality and Quality Systems, where relevant.
Maintenance, Lean and other support functions involved in corrective actions.

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology or a related technical field; a relevant technical diploma combined with substantial applicable experience may be considered.
Relevant experience in Quality Engineering, Quality Control, Manufacturing Quality or a production environment; industrial manufacturing experience is preferred.
Practical experience managing nonconformities, containment, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Working English is preferred; ability to communicate effectively in the local manufacturing environment is required.

Technical Competencies

Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, tolerances and technical specifications.
Dimensional inspection techniques and use of appropriate measurement equipment.
ISO 9001 quality-management principles, control plans and inspection procedures.
Root-cause and corrective-action methods such as 5 Why, Ishikawa and structured problem solving.
Basic statistical process control, quality metrics and trend analysis.
Microsoft Office and relevant quality/NCR reporting systems.

Behavioural Competencies

Visible, hands-on shop-floor presence and sound judgement.
Attention to detail combined with analytical, risk-based thinking.
Constructive challenge, clear communication and effective cross-functional collaboration.
Ownership, urgency and disciplined follow-through.
Continuous-improvement mindset and focus on sustainable solutions.