Quality Engineer — 4-Day Week & Continuous Improvement

Energy Jobline CVL; Redditch; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day work week

Job summary

SF Partners are recruiting an experienced Quality Engineer for a precision manufacturing business supplying automotive and aerospace sectors. You will uphold IATF 16949/EN 9100 standards, drive continuous improvement and work with Production, Engineering and Supply Chain to improve processes and product quality.

You will lead audits, maintain QMS docs, analyse KPIs and support supplier quality, non-conformances and CAPA activities to sustain high manufacturing standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in precision engineering, automotive, aerospace or regulated manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of IATF 16949 and EN 9100 Quality Management Systems.
• Experience conducting internal audits and supporting external audits.
• Solid understanding of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC.
• Structured problem-solving including 8D and root cause analysis.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and meet customer requirements.
• Excellent communication and cross-department collaboration skills.
• Proactive, analytical mindset for quality improvement.
• Good organisation to manage multiple quality-related activities.

Responsibilities

• Support and improve quality performance across manufacturing operations.
• Maintain Quality Management Systems in line with IATF 16949/EN 9100/ISO 9001.
• Lead internal audits and support external certification audits.
• Drive CAPA activities and investigate non-conformances.
• Prepare, review and maintain quality documentation (Control Plans, PFMEAs, Process Flow Diagrams).
• Support APQP, PPAP and First Article Inspection activities.
• Monitor KPIs, analyse trends and identify quality improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering and Supply Chain to resolve issues.
• Support supplier quality activities including supplier non-conformances.

Skills

Root cause analysis

8D problem-solving

SPC & MSA

Process interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality tools

Education

HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering/Quality

Tools

CMM inspection

Dimensional measurement

Job description

SF Partners are recruiting an experienced Quality Engineer for a precision manufacturing business supplying automotive and aerospace sectors. You will uphold IATF 16949/EN 9100 standards, drive continuous improvement and work with Production, Engineering and Supply Chain to improve processes and product quality.

You will lead audits, maintain QMS docs, analyse KPIs and support supplier quality, non-conformances and CAPA activities to sustain high manufacturing standards.