Job Description

Cardiff, South Wales

1888

Panasonic Manufacturing | Based on site in Cardiff Are you looking for a new opportunity that offers meaningful work with true purpose? We would love to welcome you to our multinational team!
Your growth is our growth. We invest in your future by enhancing your skills and abilities through training opportunities and interesting challenges.

At Panasonic, we believe in the power of collaboration - only together can we continue to expand our innovative edge and exceed our customers\' expectations. We are a powerful brand with a rich company culture, based on our 7 principles. It\'s not just about what we do, but how we do it. To fulfil our social responsibilities, we will continue to do what we have done for over 100 years - to enrich people\'s lives at home and at work, and move society forward.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING PMUK are looking for an Incoming Quality Control (IQC) Apprentice to join the HAD Incoming Quality Control (IQC) and Calibration Team, who will be responsible for learning to check, test and measure components and assemblies according to specifications / drawings.

The role involves retrieving, learning to analyse, interpret, validate, and record measurement results and data in line with specifications.

The successful candidate will learn and assist in the calibration of a wide range of measurements and test equipment, whilst helping to coordinate the delivery of items to and from calibration organisation in line with requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• First Article Inspection - Learn to follow set schedules, carry out measurement of components and assemblies through learning to use a wide variety of measurement tools. Manage workload to achieve production schedules and ensure completion within time frame. Maintain sample submission records. Help coordinate article concessions with buyers, learn to generate First Article Inspection (FAI) Reports and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) like documentation. Learn to make assessments of any issues encountered during part measurement and articulate issues into technical summary reports and coordinate actions with Engineer.

• Incoming inspection - Checking against relevant drawings, component specifications or inspection criteria. Follow inspection plans to complete incoming inspection of components and assemblies.

• Calibration of Equipment - Learn about calibration and uncertainty of equipment. Help manage calibration of measurement and assessment equipment inclusive of general-purpose items. Set up and maintain equipment to the required standard (ensuring equipment is calibrated where required). Co-ordinate with other department internal and external calibration requirements and detail and document calibration process and prepare reports, as required.

• Internal Calibration - Learn to perform basic calibration checks and approve products and accessories that meet tolerances and product specifications. Help maintain databases and provide accurate calibration records, ensuring reports and data are stored correctly.

• Controlling non-conforming product - Evaluating rejects and process accordingly. Use available information and tools including measurement tools / techniques to evaluate rejects against specifications and search and maintain records using Oracle, managing outstanding items.

• Production Support - Act as the first responder. Co-ordinating between affected parties when quality issues occur to initially investigate issues, measuring parts where problems occur and feedback to other members. Support other areas with periodic inspection of sub-assemblies.

• Meetings - Provide information for weekly team meetings, providing updates on any new or ongoing issues, including appropriate responses and actions being taken. Provide necessary information for development and quality meetings attending and contributing where required.

• Collation of raw data for various component investigations - Provide Information for weekly / monthly review meetings. Investigating quality problems and supporting action plans and driving continuous improvement through the manufacturing process.

• 5S - Support the activities of IQC team in maintaining 5S within the department.

• Process Improvements - Consider new technology and methodologies to improve and implement quality systems / processes to aid efficiency and accuracy. Undertake internal process audits as requested by QMS committee and follow up on results.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Education:

• BTech, OND/C, NVQ Level 2 or equivalent relevant discipline & or 1+ years relevant experience in similar role.

Knowledge and Skills:

• MS Office Applications use (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - Desirable.
• Knowledge of Oracle - Desirable.
• Problem solving skills.
• Basic fault-finding skills.
• Product and component evaluation skills.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Strict adherence to H&S requirements.
• Planning and organisation skills - ability to handle multiple issues at once.
• Must be an effective team player with a flexible attitude and good communication skills.

Additional Specifications:

• Must be able to adapt easily to a rapidly changing business environment.
• This role will involve some physical manual handling.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU Working Hours: 07:45 - 16:30 Monday -Thursday, 07:45 - 13:30 Friday.

• Flexi-time system.
• Company pension contributions of up to 10%.
• Free parking on site.
• Annual leave entitlement of 24 days (+ bank holidays), increasing up to 30 (+ bank holidays) with length of service.
• Death in service benefit of 4x annual salary.
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, bereavement, adoption, surrogacy, and sickness.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Long Service Awards.
• Exclusive \'Staff Sales\' site for Panasonic products.
• Training and development opportunities.

ABOUT US Panasonic is one of the largest and leading electronic product manufacturers in the world. The depth and variety of our research capabilities, manufacturing expertise, high quality and sophisticated products have remained strong since 1918. Our mission is to create the Panasonic business of "tomorrow." By integrating business, technology, and creativity, we will realize ideal lifestyles and societies solving social issues globally. Learn more about at Panasonic.

Panasonic Manufacturing UK Ltd. (known as PMUK) established itself in Cardiff in 1974 and has prided itself on providing quality products to provide enhanced living for our customers, always making people central to our activities. Focusing on our innovative electronics technology, we strive to provide a wide variety of products, systems, and services in various spaces and areas, such has homes, communities, businesses, and automobiles.

PMUK is currently home to three separate business divisions:

• Home Appliance Division (HAD) focuses on the cooking appliance market and is specifically involved in the design, development, and production of high-quality microwave ovens and induction hobs.

• Mobile Solutions Business Division Europe (MSBD EU) specialises in providing integrated computer solutions, specifically involving configuration of TOUGHBOOK and TOUGHPAD products, docking solutions, and services to match their customers\' full solution requirement. The Panasonic TOUGHBOOK range sets the industry standard for ruggedised laptops and tablets used by automotive, defence, emergency services, forklift, transport and logistics, manufacturing, utilities, and other key markets.

• Panasonic Connect Europe Customer Service Centre (PCOEU-CS) is a repair centre for PCOEU, which provides business products and solutions to help businesses capture, compute, and communicate every piece of visual, voice, and text-based data using a range of broadcasting equipment, interactive displays, and projectors.

Please find more information about Panasonic as an employer.

+DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Fairness and equality are in our DNA. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where people feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. We want to ensure that our people are respected for who they are as individuals, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community. We are committed to promoting inclusion for the success of our business.

Panasonic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, or any other characteristics.

YOUR CONTACT TO HR

PMUK
Lynne Haines
Wyncliffe Road
Cardiff
lynne.haines@eu.panasonic.com

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