Hands-On Supplier Quality Turnaround Engineer - 6 Month Contract

G&P Group; Motherwell, Warwick; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel provided

Accommodation provided

Contract role

Job summary

G&P Group is seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer or STA specialist to lead a supplier turnaround programme across the Warwick onboarding to Motherwell/Cumbernauld site. The six‑month contract starts 2 November 2026 with relocation after onboarding.

You will drive quality improvements on the shop floor, run 8D investigations, develop PFMEAs and control plans, and support PPAP submissions while coordinating with production and supplier teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading supplier quality turnarounds in a manufacturing setting.
• Hands-on capability to drive improvements on the shop floor.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specify critical characteristics.
• Experience with PFMEAs, control plans and PPAP submissions.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier quality improvement and recovery activities.
• Facilitate 8D investigations and root cause analysis.
• Develop PFMEAs and Control Plans for supplier processes.
• Create SOPs and work instructions; set inspection standards.
• Support PPAP activities, ideally Level 3 submissions.
• Define critical characteristics from drawings and specs.
• Implement improvements directly on the shop floor.
• Manage multiple quality actions through to closure.
• Deliver measurable supplier performance improvements.

Skills

8D investigations

Root cause analysis

PFMEA

Control Plans

SOPs & Work instructions

PPAP Level 3

Engineering drawings interpretation

Supplier development

STA background

Quality improvement

Job description

G&P Group is seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer or STA specialist to lead a supplier turnaround programme across the Warwick onboarding to Motherwell/Cumbernauld site. The six‑month contract starts 2 November 2026 with relocation after onboarding.

You will drive quality improvements on the shop floor, run 8D investigations, develop PFMEAs and control plans, and support PPAP submissions while coordinating with production and supplier teams.