Quality Assurance & Process Improvement Engineer

Adepto Technical Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Adepto Technical Recruitment is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to lead quality risk assessments across our client site, applying methodologies like FMEA and HACCP to identify mitigations and maintain compliance.

You will collaborate with site functions, investigate non-conformances, manage deviations, oversee audits, and drive continuous improvement projects to enhance product quality and process capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality risk assessments using recognised methodologies such as FMEA and HACCP, ensuring effective mitigation plans are implemented and maintained.
• Support the qualification and validation of material, process, equipment, and packaging changes to ensure quality, process capability, and operational efficiency targets are achieved.
• Collaborate across site functions to align quality improvement activities with business objectives and operational performance goals.
• Investigate quality issues and non-conformances, identifying root causes and implementing robust, sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Manage quality deviations including customer complaints, supplier issues, batch failures, and audit findings, ensuring timely investigation, resolution, and closure.
• Ensure effective containment and disposition of non-conforming materials and products to minimise business and customer risk.
• Analyse quality and process performance data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead continuous improvement projects that enhance product quality, process capability, compliance, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Deploy new and revised quality standards, procedures, and regulatory requirements across the site.
• Conduct audits, inspections, and verification activities to confirm ongoing compliance with quality systems and standards.
• Develop, review, approve, and maintain quality-related procedures, work instructions, and documentation.
• Deliver training and coaching to promote site-wide understanding of quality requirements and best practices.
• Support internal, customer, and certification audits as required.

Job description

Adepto Technical Recruitment is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to lead quality risk assessments across our client site, applying methodologies like FMEA and HACCP to identify mitigations and maintain compliance.

You will collaborate with site functions, investigate non-conformances, manage deviations, oversee audits, and drive continuous improvement projects to enhance product quality and process capability.