Quality Engineer - Lead Quality & Process Improvement

Hariley Solutions; Burnaston CP; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Hariley Solutions is seeking a Quality Engineer / Specialist to lead day-to-day quality activities at Burnaston, ensuring product and process conformity and effective customer protection. You will manage the Quality Technician resource and drive containment, RCA and corrective actions across the site.

You will provide technical quality leadership to the plant, supporting APQP, PPAP, PFMEA and control plans, while ensuring audits and certifications are maintained and quality KPIs are improved.

Qualifications

• Quality engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong structured problem-solving capability.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and quality data.
• Understanding of manufacturing process controls.
• Ability to lead and prioritise quality activities.
• Effective customer and cross-functional communication.
• HNC or Beng in quality related or engineering principles

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day quality activities at Burnaston and ensure conformity.
• Act as principal plant contact for customer quality matters.
• Lead investigation and resolution of internal and customer quality concerns.
• Ensure containment, root-cause analysis and verification of effectiveness.
• Monitor quality KPIs and support continuous improvement.
• Provide quality engineering support to Production and Manufacturing Engineering.
• Support audits and corrective actions.
• Identify recurring issues and lead improvement activities.

Skills

Quality engineering experience

Structured problem solving

Interpret engineering drawings

Manufacturing process controls

Leadership and prioritisation

Effective communication

Education

HNC or BEng in quality related or engineering principles

Tools

APQP

PPAP

PFMEA

Control Plan

MSA

SPC

Job description

Hariley Solutions is seeking a Quality Engineer / Specialist to lead day-to-day quality activities at Burnaston, ensuring product and process conformity and effective customer protection. You will manage the Quality Technician resource and drive containment, RCA and corrective actions across the site.

You will provide technical quality leadership to the plant, supporting APQP, PPAP, PFMEA and control plans, while ensuring audits and certifications are maintained and quality KPIs are improved.