Quality Engineer (APQP)

Ganymede Solutions; Ingleby Barwick; On-site; GBP 99,394,000 - 107,453,000; Full time

Job summary

Ganymede Solutions is seeking a Quality Engineer (APQP) for a 6–12 month contract in North Yorkshire. You will own APQP workstreams, develop control plans, and ensure compliance in safety-critical environments, aligning with defence-sector expectations.

The role is hands-on across goods-in to production, collaborating with design, projects, purchasing, quality and supply chain to embed robust processes and ensure manufacturability and reliability. Rate £37–£40 per hour outside IR35.

Qualifications

• APQP and quality fundamentals required.
• Experience with defence-sector projects preferred.
• Hands-on quality engineering in safety-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement APQP processes, including control plans and key quality documentation.
• Work with design, projects, purchasing, quality and supply chain teams to drive milestones and ensure process adherence.
• Support Secure by Design workstream ensuring quality aligns with defence-sector expectations.
• Build new processes from ground up for low-volume, high-integrity manufacturing.
• Provide hands-on support across goods-in/goods-out and production areas to deploy robust processes.

Skills

APQP

PPAP

Process control

Quality engineering

Defence environment

Job description

Quality Engineer (APQP) | 6 - 12 months | Rate: £37.00 - £40.00p/h (Outside IR35)

North Yorkshire

Are you an experienced Quality Engineer with strong fundamentals in APQP, PPAP, process control, and delivering structured quality processes into safety‑critical engineering environments? Do you enjoy taking ownership of quality workstreams, building processes from the ground up, and working closely with multi‑disciplinary teams to ensure compliance, manufacturability and operational integrity?

This is a hands‑on quality engineering contract, joining at a stage where the project has been running for a few months and is now entering the APQP scoping and process‑definition phase. You’ll work closely with design, projects, purchasing, quality and supply chain teams to embed structured processes, support MOD Secure by Design requirements, and drive the quality workstream forward.

Your Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for progressing the quality and APQP workstreams, ensuring robust, compliant and practical processes are implemented across the programme.

• Develop and implement APQP processes, including control plans and key quality documentation.
• Work closely with design, projects, purchasing, quality and supply chain teams to drive milestones and ensure process adherence.
• Support the Secure by Design workstream by ensuring quality processes align with defence‑sector expectations.
• Build new processes from the ground up where gaps exist and ensure they suit low‑volume, high‑integrity manufacturing.
• Provide hands‑on support across goods‑in/goods‑out and production areas to ensure practical, robust process deployment.

You should be able to:

• Take ownership of APQP and quality processes with minimal guidance.
• Work proactively and independently, making sound technical and procedural decisions.
• Guide teams who have limited APQP experience and impart structured process knowledge.
• Apply systems/electrical engineering understanding to complex, safety‑critical products.
• Interpret technical information quickly and embed quality principles effectively.
• Operate confidently within defence‑aligned environments (defence experience highly beneficial).

Why Apply?

This is a chance to take ownership of a business‑critical, defence‑aligned quality workstream, directly contributing to the safe operation of specialist equipment used in demanding maritime environments.