Aerospace Quality Engineer

Job DescriptionJob Aerospace Quality Engineer

Location: Broughton / Manchester / North Wales

Career Level: Associate Manager

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits.

Purpose:

The is responsible for supporting right\-first\-time, compliant delivery within a complex aerospace manufacturing environment. The individual will act as a practical quality authority on the shop floor, supporting production continuity while safeguarding product safety, conformity, regulatory compliance and customer expectations.

In this you will:

• Assure product and process compliance across manufacturing, assembly and shop\-floor activities in line with the customer’s Quality Management System, aerospace standards and applicable regulatory requirements.


• Provide hands\-on quality support to production teams, including quality surveillance, inspections, audits and practical issue resolution to maintain safety, conformity and production flow.


• Manage and support non\-conformities, concessions, deviations and related quality issues, including containment, investigation, root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.


• Work closely with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Design, Supply Chain Quality and supplier teams to resolve quality issues, unblock production constraints and minimise impact to production schedules.


• Support concession and non\-conformance workflows by maintaining accurate trackers, progressing actions, preparing inputs for review boards, and ensuring timely stakeholder follow\-up.


• Contribute to continuous improvement and non\-quality reduction initiatives using structured methods such as 8D, PPS, root cause analysis, FMEA, APQP, SPC or other recognised quality approaches.

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first\-class services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications: 31/10/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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We are looking for experience across a selection of the following skills:

• Experience in quality assurance, manufacturing quality, supply chain quality or shop\-floor quality within aerospace, defence, automotive or another regulated manufacturing environment.


• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, product conformity, non\-conformance management, concessions and practical production support.


• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, work instructions, production documentation and quality records.


• Good knowledge of quality management principles, including root cause analysis, corrective actions, containment, risk management and continuous improvement.


• Confident working in multi\-functional teams across Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Design, Quality and Supply Chain, with clear communication and stakeholder management skills.


• High attention to detail, strong safety mindset and the confidence to challenge when product safety, conformity or process compliance may be at risk.

• Aerospace manufacturing experience, ideally within wing structures, aerostructures, aircraft assembly or a similar production environment.


• Familiarity with aerospace quality systems and standards such as EN9100, APQP, PFMEA, control plans, concession processes or acceptance methods.


• Experience supporting supplier quality topics, including supplier follow\-up, material concessions, alternative material issues, deviation management or supply chain recovery activity.


• Exposure to shop\-floor production systems, SAP or manufacturing/quality tracking tools used to manage work orders, missing parts, concessions or non\-conformance actions.


• Experience supporting quality boards, review boards, Gemba walks, readiness reviews, audits or operational performance reviews.


• Lean Six Sigma, 8D, PPS, Green Belt, Shainin, Kepner\-Tregoe or equivalent structured problem\-solving experience.

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