Quality Engineer - Drive Continuous Improvement

KellyOCG; North East; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Job summary

Global Fortune 500 (Confidential) in County Durham seeks a hands-on Quality Engineer to own improvements across production and supply chains, applying APQP, IATF 16949, ISO and Core Tools.

This is a technical, process-driven role rather than audits; you will drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and improvements in collaboration with production and engineering teams.

Initial travel up to 20% for training, then full onsite work with a standard benefits package including bonus and pension.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline preferred.
• Experience in a similar quality engineering role in manufacturing/automotive preferred.
• Experience with APQP, Core Tools, IATF 16949, ISO standards and related quality systems.
• Strong analytical, root cause analysis and structured problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills across shop floor to management.
• Proactive, self-driven and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Drive proactive quality control and improvement programmes across production and supply chain.
• Lead the implementation of APQP, IATF 16949, ISO and Core Tools in daily operations.
• Lead and support root cause analysis, corrective actions and preventive actions for internal and external issues.
• Collaborate with production, design engineering, manufacturing teams and suppliers.
• Support audits, risk management and regulatory compliance activities.
• Act as a technical reference on quality tools and methodologies to teams and partners.
• Represent quality in cross-functional improvement initiatives and projects.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Root cause analysis

Structured problem-solving

Interpersonal & communication skills

Education

Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

APQP

IATF 16949

ISO standards

Core Tools (FMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP)

Job description

Global Fortune 500 (Confidential) in County Durham seeks a hands-on Quality Engineer to own improvements across production and supply chains, applying APQP, IATF 16949, ISO and Core Tools.

This is a technical, process-driven role rather than audits; you will drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and improvements in collaboration with production and engineering teams.

Initial travel up to 20% for training, then full onsite work with a standard benefits package including bonus and pension.