Quality Engineer - ISO 9001/ATEX, CI & QA Lead

Atkore; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company Pension

Life Assurance 4x salary

Discounted Gym Membership

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Atkore seeks a proactive Quality Engineer to support UK operations, maintaining ISO 9001 compliance and customer‑specific certifications. You will drive quality improvements, support investigations, and partner with Production, Assembly and Engineering to ensure product and process quality is upheld across the site.

You’ll lead containment and corrective actions, conduct internal audits, and contribute to PPAP/FAI activities, ensuring timely closure and robust documentation.

Qualifications

• BS EN ISO 9001 experience (and desirably UL/ATEX).
• Three years’ experience in a quality engineering role or equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication; cross‑functional collaboration.
• Competent with Microsoft Office applications (minimum).
• Experience investigating customer complaints and non‑conformances; root cause tools (8D, 5 Why, fishbone).
• Experience in manufacturing/engineering environments (cable management, electrical, construction products or similar).
• Ability to read drawings, specifications, inspection standards or technical requirements.
• Knowledge of PPAP, FAI, control plans, FMEA and process documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the QMS across the business ensuring ISO 9001, UL and ATEX requirements are met.
• Coordinate containment, corrective and preventive actions with timely closure and verification of effectiveness.
• Lead investigations into customer complaints and process failures using structured problem‑solving tools.
• Provide hands‑on quality engineering support to Production, Assembly, Warehouse, Technical and Engineering teams.
• Support the Quality Lead with delivering quality assurance goals and standards.
• Assist with first‑off, in‑process and final inspections, testing, traceability, and product release.

Skills

ISO 9001

Quality engineering

Root cause analysis

Communication

Decision making

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Atkore seeks a proactive Quality Engineer to support UK operations, maintaining ISO 9001 compliance and customer‑specific certifications. You will drive quality improvements, support investigations, and partner with Production, Assembly and Engineering to ensure product and process quality is upheld across the site.

You’ll lead containment and corrective actions, conduct internal audits, and contribute to PPAP/FAI activities, ensuring timely closure and robust documentation.