Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations into customer and internal quality concerns, driving root cause analysis and corrective actions using methodologies such as 8D.
• Manage and progress internal and customer NCRs, ensuring issues are effectively investigated and closed.
• Review and resolve production quality and scrap issues through the MRB process.
• Work closely with Production and Engineering teams to identify root causes and implement effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Support APQP activity within the assigned production area.
• Support the development and implementation of PFMEAs, Control Plans and standardised process controls.
• Analyse manufacturing and production data to identify trends and opportunities to improve quality performance.
• Support process control measures, including SPC, to improve consistency and reduce process variation.
• Conduct process capability studies and statistical analysis where required.
• Support Quality Engineering activity associated with new products and manufacturing processes.
• Address supplier quality issues identified within the assigned production area.
• Support Lean and continuous improvement activity from a Quality Engineering perspective.
• Report on Quality KPIs and support ongoing quality improvement activity.
• Work closely with Production, Process Engineering and Operations as part of a cross-functional manufacturing team.

About You

• Previous experience within Quality Engineering, Production Quality or Manufacturing Quality.
• Strong practical knowledge of root cause analysis and corrective action, ideally including 8D.
• Experience managing NCRs, non-conformances and/or MRB activity.
• Previous experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Good practical understanding of Quality Engineering tools and methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Comfortable working directly with production teams in a hands-on manufacturing environment.
• Able to take ownership of quality issues and drive them through to resolution.
• Available to work on-site in Gloucester Monday to Friday.

Desirable

• Experience within automotive, aerospace, precision engineering or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA and Control Plans.
• Experience with SPC and process capability.
• Knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001 and/or IATF 16949 environments.
• Internal auditing experience.
• Experience supporting Lean or continuous improvement activity.

Contract Details

Location: Gloucester

Contract: Inside IR35

Rate: £35-£42 per hour

Hours: 37 hours per week

Working pattern: Monday to Friday

Start: ASAP