via Reed · 15 September 2026 ·8 days ago

Quality Engineer

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Burton-On-Trent Full-time
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Quality Engineer sought by a global automotive manufacturing organisation serving customers in more than 150 countries, based at their Burton on Trent plant.

The Role:
Reporting to the Senior Quality Engineer, the Quality Engineer will be responsible for fulfilling quality related deliverables for the Burton plant.

Your day-to-day duties as Quality Engineer will include:

  • Analyse customer returns, concerns and defects

  • Prepare and maintain control plan for components and complete products

  • Perform Capability Studies and Process Audits

  • Able to use key Quality tools, PPS, A3, Ishikawa, Is/Is Not, Mini Tab, 5Why

  • Support the continuous improvement of the Operator Description Sheets (ODS)

  • Lead Problem Solving teams for Root Cause Analysis on Plant/Customer issues

  • Understand supplier requirements for PPAP

  • Be able to travel at short notice

  • Raise and manage quality documentation (Quality Alerts, PFU’s etc)

Your skills & experience as Quality Engineer:
  • Automotive Industry experience is advantageous but not essential.

  • Manufacturing Quality System experience and customer communication activities

  • Ability to demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills to all levels of the business including the customer

  • Able to demonstrate knowledge of Problem-Solving Tools and Techniques

  • Required to be committed, self-driven to learn and have the ability to work on your own initiative

  • Minimum HNC qualified.

Benefits:
  • Excellent salary

  • 39 hours per week, core hours Monday to Friday 8am – 4.20pm

  • Flexible working: working day can be extended to allow 12.30pm finish on Friday and early finishes throughout the week if hours are made up elsewhere (discretionary)

  • 26 days holiday plus bank holidays

  • Employee discounts available

  • Cycle To Work Scheme

  • Discounted Golf / Gym memberships

  • finishes throughout the week if hours are made up elsewhere (discretionary)

  • Contributory pension scheme

  • Opportunities for development and training


Quality Engineer

Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire

Excellent salary + benefits

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