Senior Quality Engineer

Vectis Recruitment; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join the team. You will work with production, engineering, suppliers and customers to identify quality issues and drive continuous improvement.

Develop and maintain quality control systems to meet industry and customer requirements. Lead root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and APQP-compliant activities, ensuring health, safety and environmental best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Quality Engineering role within a highly regulated sector.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Proactive approach with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain quality control systems to ensure compliance with industry and customer requirements.
• Investigate customer and internal quality issues using structured problem-solving techniques.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
• Ensure quality activities and deliverables meet APQP requirements and a zero-defect launch.
• Collaborate with engineering and production to improve product quality.
• Monitor customer specification changes and drive process owners to implement them.
• Uphold health, safety and environmental best practices.
• Support quality activities for NPI projects from concept to release and manufacturing readiness.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Organisation

Job description

With exciting growth plans and significant investment, a leading manufacturer of precision engineered components has a new vacancy for a Senior Quality Engineer to join the team. You will work closely with production, engineering, suppliers and customers to identify quality issues, implement robust corrective actions and drive continuous improvement across the business.

The Role

Develop, implement, and maintain quality control systems to ensure compliance with industry and customer requirements.

Investigate customer and internal quality issues using structured problem-solving techniques.

Lead root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.

Ensure all quality activities, risk assessments and deliverables are completed in accordance with APQP requirements and a zero-defect launch.

Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to address quality issues.

Work closely with engineering & production to improve product quality to ensure the highest quality standards.

Monitor change in customer specifications ensuring process owners implement change when required.

Uphold processes that ensure health, safety and environmental best practices.

Support quality activities for NPI projects, supporting concept-to-release deliverables and manufacturing readiness.

The Person

Previous experience in a Quality Engineering role within a highly regulated sector (Aerospace, Automotive, Defence, Energy, etc)

Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Strong communication and organisational skills.

A proactive approach with a genuine passion for continuous improvement.

Strong problem‑solving skills with experience in root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Excellent understanding of quality assurance management principles and practice.