Project Quality Engineer

Manpower UK Ltd; Rugby; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is looking for a Project Quality Engineer to oversee quality requirements in manufacturing at their Rugby facility. This role will involve improving quality culture on the shop floor, ensuring compliance with project specifications, and leading quality audits. Candidates should have an engineering degree and demonstrate proven leadership and communication abilities, as well as knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies.

Qualifications

• Engineering bachelor's Degree or suitable practical experience.
• Proven expertise in customer resolution & preventive tools.
• Knowledge of Lean and/or alternative continuous improvement methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop factory staff on key competencies.
• Implement improvement actions from quality plans and customer feedback.
• Ensure compliance to project quality plans throughout project execution.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Quality Management Systems

Continuous Improvement

Education

Engineering Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Project Quality Engineer

Location: Rugby

Duration: Contract until 31/10/25

Rate: Up to 37.50 per hour via umbrella

Inside IR35 (Umbrella only)

About our client:
We are delighted to announce we are currently recruiting for a Project Quality Engineer to join our team in Rugby. Reporting to the Quality Leader you are responsible for the co-ordination and compilation of all project's specific quality requirements of shop floor manufacture within the Steam and/or Generators manufacturing facility at Rugby. Within this role you will monitor metrics jointly with the SC Quality Leader to drive manufacturing improvements in the area as well as participating actively to the development and sustainment of a quality culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead, develop, coach factory staff on key competencies acc. to the needs

• Ownership for internal NCR/RCA & CAPA plan development & implementation
• Ownership for implementation of improvement actions resulting from quality plans and customer feedback through continuous improvement Ensure full document control and compliance to the project quality plans throughout project execution.
• Clearing material quality records against their associated quality specifications in coordination with team members
• Support in creating quality record sheets for the collection of CTQ data to meet the project specific quality plan.
• Ensure completed quality records from the shop floor are verified, collated and processed to the appropriate project folder and location.
• Ensure NCR paperwork is completed, and additional quality records are added to the appropriate project folder and location.
• Support customer meetings when required.
• Support Q-framework, QMS and ISO audits as required.
• Support regulatory compliance and optimization of quality systems procedures.
• Support proactive risk identification/mitigation to achieving project quality objectives.
• Work with CI team to drive sustainable process changes.
• Lead or support RCA's & CAPA plans for external defects.
• To act according to defined Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety instructions, including general and company own rules.

Essential Qualifications:

• Engineering bachelor's Degree or suitable practical experience within a manufacturing environment preferably for heavy mechanical components.
• Proven expertise in customer resolution & preventive tools, ISO knowledge
• Inclusive leadership & communication skills
• Ability to read engineering drawings and specifications
• Demonstrated ability to self-direct within defined responsibilities
• Knowledge of Lean and/or alternative continuous improvement methods
• Must be a team player willing to sacrifice individual goals when needed