Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Permanent - Days - Tewkesbury - Fulltime - £42,000 - £46,000 + Excellent Benefits

Our client, a specialist precision engineering manufacturer, is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to support manufacturing quality, NPI and continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on position working closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Production and Supply Chain, investigating quality issues, driving root-cause activity and implementing sustainable improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Investigate internal, customer and supplier quality issues
• Lead structured root-cause investigations using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone and Pareto analysis
• Implement and verify corrective and preventive actions
• Support NPI and ensure quality requirements are understood and implemented
• Support APQP, PPAP, FAIR, MSA/Gage R&R, SPC and CAPA activities
• Develop and maintain FMEAs, Control Plans, process flows and inspection plans
• Manage non-conforming product, containment and disposition
• Analyse quality data including scrap, rework, defects and customer complaints
• Conduct process, product, internal and supplier audits
• Support supplier corrective actions and performance improvement
• Review engineering changes and assess quality impact
• Produce and maintain quality procedures, work instructions and inspection standards
• Support FAIRs, Quality Plans and Inspection Test Plans
• Work directly with production teams to reduce defects and improve manufacturing processes
• Promote a proactive, zero-defect and continuous-improvement culture

Person - essential:

• Proven Quality Engineering experience within a manufacturing/production environment
• Strong practical root-cause and structured problem-solving experience
• Experience with 8D, 5 Why and corrective-action processes
• Understanding of FMEA and manufacturing process controls
• Experience working with Quality Management Systems
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T and technical specifications
• Understanding of machining/manufacturing processes
• Experience managing multiple quality issues and priorities
• Strong data-analysis and reporting skills
• Good Microsoft Excel capability
• Practical, hands-on approach to quality and continuous improvement

Desirable

• Experience within an AS9100 environment
• FAI / AS9102 experience
• APQP and PPAP experience
• MSA / Gage R&R and SPC knowledge
• Supplier quality experience
• Internal/external auditing experience
• CMM programming experience
• HNC in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Production Engineering
• External Auditor training
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Knowledge of CNC machining processes including turning, milling and drilling

Why Join?

• Key role influencing manufacturing quality and continuous improvement
• Work across Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
• Involvement throughout NPI and production
• Opportunity to lead genuine quality improvement projects
• Work with complex precision-engineered products and processes