Electrical Design Quality Engineer - Continuous Improvement

Ssen Distribution; Andover; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Cycle to Work

Maternity and adoption pay

Paternity leave

Private healthcare discounts

Job summary

SSE is seeking an Electrical Design Quality Engineer to join the Quality team in a varied role across projects. You will drive continuous improvement, champion quality standards and ensure compliant, customer‑focused service delivery across engineering connections.

Based in Salisbury with a Flexible First approach, the role requires spending about 50% of time in the office and base location within the South of England.

Qualifications

• A degree in Engineering, or an HNC supported by significant industry knowledge and experience in quality management or business improvement projects.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail. Experience with ISO 9001:2015 quality management systems would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including internal teams and external partners.
• Experience of producing reports and analysing performance data, ideally within a regulated industry. Experience developing, collating and reporting on KPIs would be beneficial, but is not essential.
• Strong IT skills, including the ability to analyse performance information and deliver professional presentations to a range of audiences.

Responsibilities

• Identify potential quality, compliance and operational risks, escalating issues where appropriate and ensuring corrective actions are implemented within agreed timescales.
• Conduct quality reviews of Engineering Connections quotations and designs, ensuring they meet the highest standards of accuracy, consistency and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Support the continual improvement of engineering processes by identifying opportunities to enhance quality, efficiency and customer outcomes.
• Ensure quotations produced by the design team are accurate, compliant and fully aligned with relevant standards, policies and regulatory obligations.
• Provide assurance that quality management processes are consistently applied and contribute to maintaining a culture of continuous improvement across the business.

Skills

Quality management

Lean Six Sigma

ISO 9001

Data analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Performance reporting

Attention to detail

Communication skills

IT skills

Regulatory compliance

Education

Engineering degree or HNC

Job description

SSE is seeking an Electrical Design Quality Engineer to join the Quality team in a varied role across projects. You will drive continuous improvement, champion quality standards and ensure compliant, customer‑focused service delivery across engineering connections.

Based in Salisbury with a Flexible First approach, the role requires spending about 50% of time in the office and base location within the South of England.