Manufacturing & Process Quality Engineer

Capgemini; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Digital learning

Diversity networks

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Quality Engineer to support a key client at their Portsmouth facility. The successful candidate will lead the recovery of a critical build area currently facing a high rate of non-conformances and delays.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving quality excellence, restoring process discipline, and coaching our clients' engineering and production teams on effective quality management processes and recovery planning.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quality or Manufacturing Engineer in aerospace/high‑reliability sectors.
• Direct familiarity with Defence and Space processes and NC management tools.
• Strong understanding of space industry manufacturing, including satellite build and cleanroom practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead recovery activities to stabilise a high‑conformity build area.
• Facilitate daily stand‑ups and concession flow sessions with Capability Leads.
• Maintain trackers and workflow with client and Capgemini teams.
• Dispostion and turnaround of non‑conformance submissions (Concessions, DARs, TADs, FPAs).
• Ensure submissions progress efficiently with momentum and visibility.

Skills

Quality engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Aerospace industry knowledge

Problem solving

Tools

NC management tools

Job description

Capgemini Engineering is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Quality Engineer to support one of our key clients at their Portsmouth facility. The successful candidate will lead the recovery of a critical build area currently facing a high rate of non-conformances and delays.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving quality excellence, restoring process discipline, and coaching our clients' engineering and production teams on effective quality management processes and recovery planning. This is a hands‑on, high‑impact consultancy position suited to someone who thrives in complex, high‑reliability engineering environments.

Your Role

If the below match your experience, please apply!

• Lead and facilitate daily stand‑ups and concession flow sessions with Capability Leads.
• Operate confidently in a high meeting load environment, including capturing actions, taking notes, and following up with relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee and maintain documents on a tracker board, Businessmap, supporting client and Capgemini workflow.
• Accountable for disposition and turnaround time of non‑conformance submissions (Concessions, Deviation Permits, DARs, TADs, FPAs and other QNs).
• Ensure all submissions are progressed efficiently through completion, maintaining momentum and visibility.

Your Profile

Proven experience as a Quality Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer in aerospace, defence, space, or other high‑reliability manufacturing sectors.

Direct familiarity with Defence and Space processes and systems, particularly NC management tools.

Strong understanding of space industry manufacturing, including satellite build, cleanroom operations, and high‑reliability assembly practices. Demonstrated capability to lead recovery activities and stabilise problematic production areas.

What You'll Love About Working Here

• Hybrid working
• Open access to digital learning platforms
• Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
• Please opt in during the application process.

Need to know

• All roles will require a level of security clearance
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusivefuture is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We havebuilt a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.