Quality Engineer

Salary circa £45,000 | Lunchtime Finish Fridays | 25 Days Holiday | Life Insurance | Training

A Quality Engineer opportunity has become available within an established manufacturing business producing precision-engineered components. The business continues to achieve year-on-year growth and is looking to strengthen its quality team, with a focus on preventing defects and improving manufacturing processes.

Reporting to the Quality Manager and working closely with Production and Engineering, you will take ownership of quality investigations and help implement lasting improvements. The role would suit a Quality Engineer with strong problem-solving experience who enjoys working across departments to resolve issues and prevent them from recurring.

Quality Engineer responsibilities include:

• 8D investigations into internal, customer , supplier non-conformances, ensuring effective corrective actions.
• Working with Production and Engineering to prevent recurring defects and verify improvements are sustained.
• Monitoring quality trends to identify opportunities to reduce scrap, rework and customer complaints.
• Supporting compliance with ISO 9001, AS9100 and customer-specific quality requirements.

Quality Engineer desirable skills and experience:

• Previous Quality Engineering experience within manufacturing environments.
• Practical experience using 8D and other problem solving tools, including 5Y and Fishbone analysis.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, customer specifications and quality requirements.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, IATF 16949 or AS9100, with NADCAP or SABRe experience advantageous.

Quality Engineer benefits include:

• Salary circa £45,000 depending on experience.
• Lunchtime finish every Friday.
• 33 days annual leave.
• Stakeholder pension scheme.
• Life insurance at twice annual salary.
• Employee assistance programme and cycle to work scheme.

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