Quality Engineer — Defect Elimination & Process Improvement

Pertemps Bond; Redditch; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance (2x salary)

Employee assistance program

Company social events

Cycle to work

Job summary

Pertemps Bond is seeking a Quality Engineer for its Redditch-based manufacturing facility. The role is days, Monday to Friday, with a salary up to £45k and a focus on defect prevention, 8D investigations, and continuous improvement.

You will interpret drawings and standards (ISO9001, AS9100, NADCAP), lead investigations, implement corrective actions with production and engineering, and prepare for third-party audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality engineering within a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and customer quality requirements.
• Practical experience with 8D, Fishbone and 5 Whys analysis.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100 and NADCAP is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify quality issues, process weaknesses and opportunities for permanent defect prevention.
• Lead internal 8D investigations for internal, customer and supplier non-conformances, ensuring corrective actions.
• Apply 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone analysis and mistake-proofing to eliminate defects.
• Collaborate with production and engineering to implement improvements and verify effectiveness of actions.
• Investigate, document and close non-conformances, addressing root cause.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.
• Support NADCAP heat treatment compliance, process controls and audits.
• Support tensile testing, review results and assess customer requirements.

Skills

8D problem solving

5 Whys

Fishbone analysis

Root cause prevention

Continuous improvement

Attention to detail

MS Excel

MS Word

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Pertemps Bond is seeking a Quality Engineer for its Redditch-based manufacturing facility. The role is days, Monday to Friday, with a salary up to £45k and a focus on defect prevention, 8D investigations, and continuous improvement.

You will interpret drawings and standards (ISO9001, AS9100, NADCAP), lead investigations, implement corrective actions with production and engineering, and prepare for third-party audits.