Senior Quality & Continuous Improvement Engineer

Verify Europe; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Quality / Continuous Improvement Engineer to provide on-site corrective action support in aerospace or MRO manufacturing environments. This role involves resolving quality issues, implementing improvements, and requires at least 5 years of relevant experience. Candidates should have a strong background in corrective action management, AS9100 knowledge, and effective communication skills. The pay rate is £40 per hour and the position is outside IR35.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in an aerospace or MRO manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience in corrective action management and Root Cause / RCCA methodologies.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English.

Responsibilities

• Identify and consolidate historical and active quality issues.
• Create and maintain a structured Issue Catalogue.
• Facilitate Root Cause and RCCA activities with teams.

Skills

Corrective action management

Root Cause / RCCA methodologies

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Experience with ERP systems

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Quality / Continuous Improvement Engineer with a strong background in aerospace or MRO manufacturing environments, to provide on-site corrective action and process improvement support 3 days per week at a customer facility.

The role will focus on identifying, analysing, and resolving issues leading to the release of nonconforming product, and on implementing sustainable corrective and preventative actions across inspection and production processes.

Pay rate: £40 per hour

Outside IR35

Tasking includes:

• Identify and consolidate historical and active quality issues through review of NCRs, emails, photographs, work orders, supplier returns, purchase orders and related records.
• Create and maintain a structured Issue Catalogue capturing scope, impact, root cause status and corrective actions.
• Assess release and final inspection processes to evaluate effectiveness, identify gaps, and define improvements to ensure detection of known nonconformances.
• Facilitate Root Cause and RCCA activities with quality, inspection and production teams.
• Define, implement and track containment, corrective and preventative actions, verifying effectiveness.
• Review production processes to identify systemic weaknesses, human factor contributors and control gaps.
• Work directly with production and inspection teams to implement process improvements and stabilisation actions.
• Identify and implement "quick wins" to reduce immediate quality risk, including minor adjustments to inspection methods, tooling, work instructions or operator guidance.
• Develop a consolidated Corrective Action Plan, prioritising actions based on risk, operational impact and resources.
• Track corrective action progress and support transition to ongoing monitoring and sustainment.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in an aerospace or MRO manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience in corrective action management and Root Cause / RCCA methodologies.
• Demonstrated understanding of AS9100, production processes, inspection activities and process control.
• Experience analysing NCR data, internal quality escapes and supplier returns.
• Background in working cross-functionally with quality, inspection and production teams.
• Ability to work independently on-site and engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
• Familiarity with SAP or similar ERP systems.
• Strong investigative, analytical and reporting skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English.
• Demonstrated competence in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.