Quality Engineer - Precision Machinery & Improvement

Ridgway Machines Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £40k-£50k

37.5 hour week

Free parking

Bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Job summary

Ridgway Machines Ltd, based at Meridian Business Park in Leicester, is looking for a Quality Engineer to drive first-time quality and supplier performance across our machinery projects. You will own day-to-day quality activities, ensure products meet customer and regulatory requirements, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

You will work with Engineering, Purchasing, Production and Project teams to embed robust quality processes and deliver defect-free machines for global customers.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Quality Engineer or Quality Assurance role within engineering/manufacturing
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and practical quality management systems
• Ability to read/interpret engineering drawings, specs and tolerances
• Understanding inspection techniques, metrology, calibration and verification
• Experience managing non-conformances, corrective actions and root cause investigations
• Ability to analyse quality data and identify improvement opportunities
• Experience conducting internal audits
• Strong communication, organisation and stakeholder management
• Proficiency with MS Office and quality-related systems
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to supplier sites

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve quality processes, procedures and systems
• Support quality planning and inspection across design, fabrication, machining, assembly, testing
• Review drawings, specifications and customer requirements from a quality perspective
• Develop and maintain inspection and test plans
• Carry out first-off, in-process and final inspections
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing and final machine release
• Manage quality records, documentation and traceability
• Identify and mitigate quality risks across project execution
• Support ISO 9001 compliance, quality plans, document control and calibration
• Conduct internal, supplier, product and process audits
• Lead or support root cause investigations and corrective actions
• Analyse quality performance data and produce KPI reporting
• Work with suppliers to resolve quality concerns and improve performance
• Carry out supplier visits to verify quality standards
• Support investigation and resolution of customer quality issues
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce defects and complaints

Skills

Quality Engineering

ISO 9001

Engineering Drawings

Metrology

Calibration

Non-conformances

Root Cause Analysis

Quality Data Analysis

Audits

MS Office

Travel Ready

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Quality Systems

Education

Engineering Degree

HNC/HND

Apprenticeship

Tools

8D

FMEA

5 Why

Job description

Ridgway Machines Ltd, based at Meridian Business Park in Leicester, is looking for a Quality Engineer to drive first-time quality and supplier performance across our machinery projects. You will own day-to-day quality activities, ensure products meet customer and regulatory requirements, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

You will work with Engineering, Purchasing, Production and Project teams to embed robust quality processes and deliver defect-free machines for global customers.