Quality Engineer

Atkore; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company Pension

Life Assurance 4x salary

Discounted Gym Membership

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Atkore seeks a proactive Quality Engineer to support UK operations, maintaining ISO 9001 compliance and customer‑specific certifications. You will drive quality improvements, support investigations, and partner with Production, Assembly and Engineering to ensure product and process quality is upheld across the site.

You’ll lead containment and corrective actions, conduct internal audits, and contribute to PPAP/FAI activities, ensuring timely closure and robust documentation.

Qualifications

• BS EN ISO 9001 experience (and desirably UL/ATEX).
• Three years’ experience in a quality engineering role or equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication; cross‑functional collaboration.
• Competent with Microsoft Office applications (minimum).
• Experience investigating customer complaints and non‑conformances; root cause tools (8D, 5 Why, fishbone).
• Experience in manufacturing/engineering environments (cable management, electrical, construction products or similar).
• Ability to read drawings, specifications, inspection standards or technical requirements.
• Knowledge of PPAP, FAI, control plans, FMEA and process documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the QMS across the business ensuring ISO 9001, UL and ATEX requirements are met.
• Coordinate containment, corrective and preventive actions with timely closure and verification of effectiveness.
• Lead investigations into customer complaints and process failures using structured problem‑solving tools.
• Provide hands‑on quality engineering support to Production, Assembly, Warehouse, Technical and Engineering teams.
• Support the Quality Lead with delivering quality assurance goals and standards.
• Assist with first‑off, in‑process and final inspections, testing, traceability, and product release.

Skills

ISO 9001

Quality engineering

Root cause analysis

Communication

Decision making

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Who we are

Atkore is forging a future where our brands, suppliers, employees, customers, partners, and communities are building better together – a future focused on empowering our customers while we power and protect the world.

Atkore is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electrical, mechanical, and safety infrastructure solutions. With approximately 3,900 employees and 65 manufacturing and distribution facilities worldwide, we manufacture electrical conduit, cable management systems, armored cable, metal framing, and security products and solutions.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a proactive and hands‑on Quality Engineer to support our UK business. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with manufacturing and logistic teams, solving technical quality problems, supporting customer investigations, and helping to strengthen quality systems across a busy environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining ISO 9001 compliance, ATEX, UL, supporting product and process approvals, improving RFT performance and driving effective corrective actions across the business.

What you’ll do

• Support the maintenance, implementation and CI of the QMS across the business, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, UL and ATEX customer and certification requirements.
• Coordinate containment, corrective and preventive actions, ensuring actions are completed effectively, verified for effectiveness and closed within agreed timescales.
• Lead and support investigations into customer complaints, internal non‑conformances and process failures using structured problem‑solving tools such as 8D, 5 Why and fishbone analysis.
• Provide hands‑on quality engineering support to Production, Assembly, Warehouse, Technical and Engineering teams to ensure product and process quality standards are understood and maintained.
• Support the Quality Lead in the effective delivery and quality assurance goals and standards.
• Support first‑off, in‑process and final inspection activities, product validation, testing, traceability checks and release of product in line with agreed specifications and procedures.
• Prepare, review and maintain quality documentation, including procedures, work instructions, control plans, inspection records, Certificates of Conformity, Material Test Certificates, PPAP, FAI and customer quality packs.
• Conduct internal audits, support external/customer audits, raise audit findings and follow up corrective actions to support ongoing QMS compliance and continual improvement.
• Monitor and report quality performance through KPIs, trend analysis and improvement activities, supporting reduction of defects, repeat issues, customer complaints and cost of poor quality.
• Conduct product testing and evaluation to verify product conformance against applicable specifications, standards and customer requirements.

What you bring

• Essential BS EN ISO 9001 & Desirable UL and ATEX.
• Three years’ experience in a quality engineering role or equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Confident working with cross‑functional teams and challenging non‑conforming practices professionally.
• Competent in using Microsoft office applications (minimum).
• Experience investigating customer complaints, internal non‑conformances. Practical understanding of root cause analysis and corrective action tools such as 8D, 5 Why and fishbone.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, engineering, assembly, fabrication, cable management, electrical, construction products or similar technical environment.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, inspection standards or technical requirements.
• Good understanding of inspection, testing, first‑off approval, process control and product release. Experience with PPAP, FAI, control plans, process flow diagrams, FMEA.
• Able to work independently, make evidence-based decisions and elevate appropriately.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave
• Festive shutdown at Christmas
• Companywide bonus scheme
• Service and recognition awards
• Training and development opportunities
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance 4x salary
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Free annual flu vaccination vouchers
• Employee assistance programme including a 24/7 GP service.
• Cash health plan
• Free home cyber security training
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free onsite parking

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process, if you do require any reasonable adjustments, please contact [e-mail].

Atkore is committed to creating an engaged and aligned workforce that drives a collaborative culture. Our team strives for breakthrough results, stays focused on being standout leaders, and fully supports decisions of the Company. We consistently live the Atkore mission, strategic priorities, and behaviours, all in a way that’s consistent with our core values. Together, we build strong leaders that continually endeavour to move us forward.