Aerospace Quality Engineer

Accenture UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation

Private medical insurance

Extra volunteer days

Job summary

Accenture UK is seeking an Aerospace Quality Engineer for on-site delivery across UK aerospace environments. You will act as a practical quality authority on the shop floor, driving right-first-time delivery while safeguarding safety, conformity and regulatory compliance.

You will provide hands-on quality support to production teams, manage non-conformities and contribute to continuous improvement using structured methods such as 8D, FMEA and SPC. Excellent stakeholder collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality assurance within aerospace, defence, automotive or regulated manufacturing environments.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, product conformity and non-conformance management.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications and quality records.
• Knowledge of root cause analysis, corrective actions and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Assure product and process compliance across manufacturing, assembly and shop-floor activities in line with the Quality Management System and aerospace requirements.
• Provide hands-on quality support to production teams including inspections, audits and issue resolution.
• Manage non-conformities, concessions, deviations and related quality actions with containment and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Design and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues and minimise production impact.
• Support concession and non-conformance workflows with trackers and timely stakeholder follow-up.
• Contribute to continuous improvement using 8D, PPS, FMEA, APQP and SPC.

Skills

Quality assurance

Manufacturing quality

Supply chain quality

Shop-floor quality

Aerospace industry

Regulated manufacturing

Engineering drawings

Quality management principles

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP

Quality tracking tools

Job description

Job Description

Job Role: Aerospace Quality Engineer

Location: Broughton / Manchester / North Wales

Career Level: Associate Manager

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits.

Role Purpose:

The role 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 role 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.

What’s in it for you

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 role 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: 30/11/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role 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.

Set yourself apart if you can demonstrate some of the areas below:

• 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.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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