Quality Engineer

Senior plc; Royston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions

Life Insurance

Health plan

Holiday allowance

Holiday buy/sell

Employee assistance

Job summary

Senior plc is seeking a Quality Engineer for its Aerospace Thermal Engineering division. You will ensure AS9100 and customer requirements, drive a zero-defect culture, and lead root-cause investigations across suppliers and internal processes.

You will support NPI activities with quality planning and risk management, maintain quality documentation, and drive continuous improvement using SPC and MSA techniques.

Qualifications

• Experience in AS9100 environments.
• Proven supplier quality and NPI involvement.
• Strong data-driven quality management expertise.

Responsibilities

• Ensure AS9100, customer and regulatory compliance across QMS.
• Drive zero-defect culture by reducing variation and COPQ.
• Lead root-cause investigations using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, DMAIC.
• Support MRB activities with risk assessment and containment.
• Facilitate cross-functional problem solving and CAPA execution.
• Support NPI via PFMEAs, Control Plans, Process Validation and APQP.
• Prepare FAIRs per AS9102 and customer requirements.
• Coordinate product concessions and RFIs from customers.
• Develop quality documentation, procedures, and traceability.
• Deploy SPC, Cp/Cpk, and MSA for quality improvements.
• Conduct internal audits and ensure corrective actions close.
• Manage supplier quality performance via audits and improvements.
• Be the Voice of the Customer to improve quality across the org.
• Create KPIs and visual management for data-driven decisions.

Skills

AS9100 knowledge

Root cause analysis

Data-driven quality

Problem solving

Education

Six Sigma Green/Black Belt

Lead Auditor qualification

Job description

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 20 operating businesses in 10 countries. Senior designs and manufactures high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment manufacturers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets. The Group is split into two divisions, Aerospace and Flexonics, servicing five key sectors.

Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering is part of the Aerospace division and a leading aerospace components manufacturer, supplying aero engine and airframe OEMs and their Tier 1 suppliers globally.

Using high technology processes, we specialise in

• Hot and cold formed components in high temperature aerospace alloys
• Complex fabricated assemblies
• Thermal insulation heat shields and systems

Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering has over 30 years of experience of the quality standards in the aerospace industry with certification to AS9100 revD and accredited by NADCAP for our special processes

Role Purpose:

The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and Quality Management System requirements while driving a data-driven, zero-defect culture across the business. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Customers, and Suppliers, the role supports product conformity, process capability, risk reduction, and continuous improvement through structured problem solving, quality planning, auditing, and statistical analysis.

Operating within an AS9100 environment, the role supports customer satisfaction through effective deployment of quality tools, robust process controls, supplier quality management, New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, and the use of data to improve quality performance, reduce variation, and prevent defects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with AS9100, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory standards across products, processes, and the Quality Management System (QMS).
• Drive a Zero-Defect Culture through continuous improvement, defect prevention, and risk-based thinking, reducing process variation, COPQ, scrap, rework and customer escapes.
• Lead structured root cause investigations into customer complaints, quality escapes, supplier issues, and internal non-conformances, utilising structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis and DMAIC.
• Support daily Material Review Board (MRB) activities, ensuring timely containment, risk assessment, disposition, and reduction of non-conforming products.
• Facilitate cross-functional problem-solving activities, ensuring corrective and preventive actions are robust, sustainable and implemented in a timely manner.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities by ensuring effective deployment of quality planning and risk management tools, including PFMEAs, Control Plans, Process Validation, APQP deliverables and Production Readiness Reviews.
• Compile First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) in accordance with AS9102 and customer requirements, ensuring timely submission.
• Prepare, review and coordinate product concessions, deviation permits and any RFI from customer.
• Develop and maintain quality documentation, procedures, inspection plans; ensuring document control, traceability, and configuration management.
• Drive a data-driven approach to quality management through the deployment of Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability monitoring (Cp/Cpk), Measurement System Analysis (MSA).
• Plan, conduct, and support internal audits, ensuring effective closure of findings and continuous compliance.
• Manage supplier quality performance through audits, corrective actions, performance monitoring, and supplier development initiatives.
• Act as the Voice of the Customer by promoting customer requirements, product conformity, and quality performance throughout the organisation.
• Develop and maintain quality KPI and visual management tools that support fact-based decision‑making and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt qualification
• Lead Auditor qualification

Generous employer pension contributions up to 15% linked to employee contribution level

6 x basic salary Life Insurance cover

Health Cash Plan

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Holiday Buy/ Sell

Employee Assistance Programme