Ref: QP01 Apprentice Quality & Compliance Engineer

DIODES ZETEX SEMICONDUCTORS LIMITED

Oldham (OL9 9LL)

Closes in 17 days (Friday 8 May 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 21 April 2026

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Summary

The purpose of the  role is to support the activities of the Quality and Compliance functions to ensure all expectations are being fulfilled.

Wage

£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Quality practitioner (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8.15am- 4.30pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 10 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Responding to customer enquiries in a timely manner
  • Updating records of completed enquiries
  • Managing external analysis reports
  • Interfacing with staff across the business to understand customer requirements
  • Keeping abreast with current legislation and Customer requirements
  • Liaising with other Diodes sites, Subcontractors and Suppliers to distribute customer requirements and to understand methods and materials use

Where you'll work

Zetex Technology Park
Chadderton
Oldham
OL9 9LL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

RUNSHAW COLLEGE

Training course

Quality practitioner (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
  • Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
  • Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
  • Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
  • Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
  • Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
  • Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
  • Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
  • Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
  • Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
  • Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
  • Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
  • Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
  • Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
  • Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
  • Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
  • Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
  • Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
  • Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
  • Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
  • Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
  • Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • GCSE English (grade A*-C/Grade 9-4 Equivalent)
  • GCSE Maths (grade A*-C/Grade 9-4 equivalent)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

  • This specific apprenticeship requires a Level 3 qualification as per government funding rules (non specific qualification)

About this employer

  • A global manufacturer and supplier of application specific standard products. Diodes serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. Headcount globally is 8600, in Chadderton its 370.

After this apprenticeship

  • Future progression into further education, specific to role and career progression

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RUNSHAW COLLEGE

Tyler Gunson

gunson.t@runshaw.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000027558.

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Closes in 17 days (Friday 8 May 2026 at 11:59pm)