Plant Quality Engineer

Prodrive Technologies; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Prodrive is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure vehicles, components and processes meet engineering specs, customer requirements and internal quality standards at our Birmingham Car Build facility. You will develop and maintain quality controls across the build process from incoming inspection to final release.

You will lead root-cause investigations, implement permanent corrective actions, manage non-conformities, and support vehicle inspections with data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Quality Engineering role within automotive, aerospace, motorsport or a regulated engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of APQP, PPAP, FMEA and SPC.
• Hands-on in proto/low-volume production environments.
• Excellent analytical skills and data-driven mindset.
• Balance quality requirements with production, cost and delivery considerations.
• Ability to interpret complex drawings, CAD and GD&T.
• Strong communication to influence at all levels, internal and external.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations using appropriate tools to establish root causes and coach team members.
• Implement robust, permanent corrective actions and contain non-conforming material.
• Provide technical quality support for vehicle inspections and develop processes for recording vehicle condition and specifications.
• Perform in-process inspections at quality gates to ensure conformity and consistency.
• Maintain core quality tools documents (PPAP, control plans) and use KPI data to identify trends and drive improvements.

Skills

Quality engineering

Automotive

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

SPC

Root cause analysis

GD&T

CAD

Data analysis

Job description

At Prodrive we believe there's no limit to what can be achieved when the brightest minds come together. Joining one focused and driven team, you will challenge boundaries in order to change the game for our customers.

We are looking for a Quality Engineer to be responsible for ensuring that vehicles, components and manufacturing processes consistently meet engineering specifications, customer requirements, applicable standards and internal quality expectations within our new Birmingham-based Car Build facility. You will have responsibility for developing and maintaining quality controls throughout the vehicle build process, from incoming vehicle and component inspection through to final vehicle inspection and release.

Key Responsibilities

Problem Resolution (Plant/Customer):

• Lead investigations using appropriate tools to establish clear root cause(s), and coach team members where appropriate.
• Implement and validate robust permanent corrective actions.
• Co-ordinate thorough containment of any non-conforming material when concerns arise, eliminating potential escape routes and ensuring manufacturing and production streams have validated stock available for use.

Vehicle Quality & Release

• Provide technical quality support for incoming vehicle inspections and develop processes for recording vehicle condition and specification.
• Conduct in process inspections at appropriate quality gates to ensure process outputs are conforming and consistent.

Continuous Improvement

• Maintain core tools documents: PPAP, control plans
• Use KPI data to identify trends and developing improvement plans where targets are not met.
• Where applicable, maintain the integrity of the integrated Quality and Environmental Management System to support continued certification.

Who are we looking for?

• Proven experience in a Quality Engineering role within an automotive, aerospace, motorsport, or another regulated engineering and manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC and other core quality tools.
• Hands-on experience supporting proto@type, pre-series, and low-volume production environments.
• Excellent analytical skills with a data-driven mindset.
• Commercially aware and able to balance quality requirements with production, cost and delivery considerations.
• Able to interpret complex engineering drawings, CAD, and GD&T.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels internally, and external at customers and suppliers.
• Experience leading root cause investigations and delivering sustainable improvements.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, low-volume/high-mix engineering environment.

We are an equal opportunities employer

At Prodrive we are committed to attracting and nurturing the best talent and creating an inclusive workplace. We value individual differences and diversity amongst all staff so that everyone has the widest opportunities to maximise their potential. We aim to ensure that no job applicant is placed at a disadvantage by practices or requirements which disproportionately impact protected groups and which are not justified by the demands of the job. If you feel you are right for this role, we welcome your application.

Come and make a difference.