Automotive Quality Engineer: Paint & Moulding Lead

A1 Personnel; Basildon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A1 Personnel is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer for an automotive manufacturing site in Basildon. The role covers paint spraying, surface finishing, and injection moulding, with ownership of quality across processes and products.

You will lead cure actions, develop standards, and build a quality team from the ground up, collaborating with production and engineering to reduce defects and drive continuous improvement. Start is immediate; hours Monday–Friday.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in Quality Engineering within Automotive/manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience in paint spraying, processing or surface finishing.
• Experience painting plastic and metal components.
• Strong knowledge of plastic injection moulding.
• Experience with root cause analysis, corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Experience with automated or robotic paint systems.
• APQP, PPAP, 8D, FMEA or SPC knowledge.
• Experience establishing quality systems and building teams.

Responsibilities

• Own quality across injection moulding, paint spraying and final inspection.
• Identify and resolve product and process defects.
• Develop quality standards, inspection procedures and defect catalogues.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Work closely with Production and Engineering to reduce defects, scrap and rework.
• Drive process improvement and quality standards across the operation.
• Establish and develop the quality function and build a team from the ground up.

Skills

Quality engineering

Automotive

Paint spraying

Injection moulding

Root cause analysis

8D / FMEA

APQP / PPAP

Team building

Problem solving

Job description

A1 Personnel is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer for an automotive manufacturing site in Basildon. The role covers paint spraying, surface finishing, and injection moulding, with ownership of quality across processes and products.

You will lead cure actions, develop standards, and build a quality team from the ground up, collaborating with production and engineering to reduce defects and drive continuous improvement. Start is immediate; hours Monday–Friday.