Quality Engineer - Electronics | CI, NPI & KPIs | Bonus

New Resource Group; Melksham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 10%

7.5% pension match

Life assurance (6x salary)

Healthcare plan

Share incentive scheme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

New Resource Group is seeking a Quality Engineer to join its electronics manufacturing team in the Melksham area. You will drive continuous improvement, support new product introduction, and ensure robust quality standards in a technically advanced production setting.

You will improve quality, safety and delivery performance, coordinating CAPA, NPI/APQP activities and change controls while applying lean manufacturing principles to raise efficiency and reduce risk across manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• Experience applying FMEA, 8D and 5 Whys in electronics manufacturing.
• Lean and Kaizen implementation experience is essential.
• Strong ability to analyse KPIs and drive data-based improvements.

Responsibilities

• Drive Continuous Improvement (CI) and Kaizen activities across the manufacturing value stream.
• Review, audit and improve manufacturing processes and quality controls.
• Develop and maintain quality documentation including SOPs, Control Plans and best practice procedures.
• Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving techniques such as 5 Whys and 8D.
• Support risk reduction through FMEA, Control Plans and preventative quality activities.
• Monitor and analyse KPIs and operational performance data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate pre-production builds alongside Production and Planning teams.
• Manage corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) relating to customer quality issues.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) activities.
• Ensure effective change control processes are followed.
• Promote Lean Manufacturing principles throughout production.
• Support operational objectives set by Quality and Manufacturing leadership.
• Ensure all activities comply with Health & Safety and quality management standards.

Skills

FMEA

8D

5 Whys

Lean Manufacturing

Kaizen

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

IPC knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Minitab

Excel

QC software

Job description

New Resource Group is seeking a Quality Engineer to join its electronics manufacturing team in the Melksham area. You will drive continuous improvement, support new product introduction, and ensure robust quality standards in a technically advanced production setting.

You will improve quality, safety and delivery performance, coordinating CAPA, NPI/APQP activities and change controls while applying lean manufacturing principles to raise efficiency and reduce risk across manufacturing processes.