Quality Improvement Engineer: ISO & Supplier Quality

Oxford Instruments Plc; Marsh Common; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology in Severn Beach, Bristol, seeks a Quality Improvement Engineer for a 6-month contract to strengthen the Quality Management System and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing, engineering, and supplier operations.

You will lead audits, manage SCARs, and partner with suppliers to prevent recurrence while delivering data-driven insights through Power BI and KPI reporting.

Qualifications

• ISO 9001:2015 knowledge and experience maintaining a QMS.
• Experience maintaining Quality Management Systems (QMS).
• Internal auditing experience or qualification.
• Strong problem solving using 8D, RCA and 5 Why.
• Supplier quality and corrective action experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing environments.
• Strong MS Office and SharePoint skills.
• Experience with ERP systems (JDE E1 preferred).
• Analytical and data interpretation abilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve ISO 9001:2015 compliant QMS.
• Support document control, process governance and management review activities.
• Ensure quality processes remain robust and audit-ready.
• Plan and conduct internal audits across processes.
• Support supplier assessments and audits.
• Drive corrective actions to completion and verification.
• Manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs).
• Investigate issues with suppliers and drive improvements.
• Monitor supplier performance and influence long-term quality improvements.
• Lead root cause investigations using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone and other methods.
• Implement containment, corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide daily quality support to production teams.
• Investigate non-conformances and production quality concerns.
• Drive Right First Time and defect reduction initiatives.
• Review and approve First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs).
• Support engineering changes and product introductions.
• Ensure manufacturing and inspection requirements are met.
• Analyze quality performance metrics and identify improvements.
• Develop Power BI dashboards and KPI reporting.
• Support reporting for supplier performance, SCARs, Cost of Quality.
• Maintain quality records and documentation in SharePoint and related systems.
• Support document governance and migration activities.

Skills

ISO 9001 knowledge

Internal audit experience

Root cause analysis

Supplier quality management

ERP systems (JDE E1)

SharePoint

Power BI

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tools

JDE E1 ERP

Power BI

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology in Severn Beach, Bristol, seeks a Quality Improvement Engineer for a 6-month contract to strengthen the Quality Management System and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing, engineering, and supplier operations.

You will lead audits, manage SCARs, and partner with suppliers to prevent recurrence while delivering data-driven insights through Power BI and KPI reporting.