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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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