Project Quality Engineer

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Company bonus

Enhanced parental leave

Cash allowance for benefits

Job summary

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise is seeking a Quality Project Engineer in Bridgwater, UK, to lead APQP activities and ensure quality readiness for new battery products. This role involves cross-functional collaboration and maintaining high-quality standards as the company scales its manufacturing capabilities.

The ideal candidate will have experience within automotive, knowledge of core quality tools, and a degree in Engineering or a quality-related field. The company offers a competitive benefits package, promoting work-life balance in a rapidly evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering APQP within automotive (ideally Tier 1 environment).
• Strong knowledge of core quality tools.
• Experience working cross-functionally and with customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of APQP activities for assigned components.
• Ensure quality readiness through pre-SOP.
• Drive structured, right-first-time product/process development.

Skills

APQP delivery

Core quality tools (FMEA, control plan, SPC, MSA, PPAP)

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Degree in Engineering or quality-related discipline

Tools

Power BI

PowerApps

SharePoint

Job description

What You’ll Do

As a Quality Project Engineer, you will lead the delivery of APQP activities for assigned components, ensuring quality readiness through pre-SOP. Acting as the key quality interface across engineering, manufacturing and the customer, you will drive a structured, right-first-time approach to product and process development. You will play a critical role in ensuring new battery products meet both internal and customer quality expectations as we scale our operations.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Represent Quality & the “voice of the customer” in the development of product and processes in the industrialization of products.
• Ensure the Agratas APQP framework is integrated into the master project plan.
• Execute the Agratas APQP framework in assigned projects and regularly report the project quality status.
• Facilitate cross‑functional teams during the development of deliverables through the APQP process – e.g. process flows, FMEA, control plan, etc.
• Utilise lessons learnt during product development processes to ensure continuous improvement of our quality deliverables.
• Evaluate and report the output of APQP deliverables, acting as a checker to ensure both correctness and completeness of artefacts as well as supporting the interconnection between interdependent APQP elements.
• Report on product development process overall status, key risks and opportunities.

Who We Are

Agratas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We design, develop and manufacture high‑quality, high‑performance, sustainable batteries for the mobility and energy sectors. We are a scale‑up business with a start‑up mentality and the backing of a well‑established parent company. The UK business headquarters is in the Midlands and we are currently building a battery manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset.

Essential

• Experience delivering APQP within automotive (ideally Tier 1 environment).
• Strong knowledge of core quality tools (FMEA, control plan, SPC, MSA, PPAP).
• Experience working cross‑functionally and with customers.
• Degree in Engineering or quality‑related discipline.

Preferred

• Six Sigma Green Belt.
• Experience improving or developing processes.
• Familiarity with Power BI, PowerApps or SharePoint.
• Exposure to a fast‑paced or start‑up environment.

Benefits

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, car allowance, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work‑life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support. You’ll work in a rapidly scaling‑up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.

EEO Statement

Agratas is a place to be authentically you. At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.