Aerospace Quality Engineer – Right-First-Time Focus

Accenture UK; Hawarden; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave per year for Charit

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an Aerospace Quality Engineer to support right‑first‑time, compliant delivery in a complex aerospace manufacturing environment. On‑site presence across Broughton, Manchester and North Wales is required to safeguard product safety and regulatory compliance.

You will provide hands‑on quality support to production teams, drive non‑conformances, and collaborate with design, manufacturing engineering and supply chain quality to keep production flowing.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Quality assurance

Aerospace

Regulatory compliance

Root cause analysis

Non-conformances

Audits

Cross-functional teams

Inspection

Documentation

Risk management

Tools

SAP

Job description

Accenture is seeking an Aerospace Quality Engineer to support right‑first‑time, compliant delivery in a complex aerospace manufacturing environment. On‑site presence across Broughton, Manchester and North Wales is required to safeguard product safety and regulatory compliance.

You will provide hands‑on quality support to production teams, drive non‑conformances, and collaborate with design, manufacturing engineering and supply chain quality to keep production flowing.