Senior Quality Engineer - Aerospace | Flexible Hours & Impact

Accrofab Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Accrofab Ltd. is recruiting a Senior Quality Engineer to join its Quality Department in the East Midlands.

The role focuses on maintaining AS9100/NADCAP quality systems, performing audits, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. The successful candidate will review customer requirements, support NPI, lead audits, and mentor the quality team while aiming for 100% quality targets and zero-defect culture.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working to Aerospace standards.
• Experienced in reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Understanding and alignment with Accrofab values: Respect, Integrity, Safety and Excellence.
• Preferably 3 years’ experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of quality, cost, delivery and OPEX targets.
• Maintain and develop a documented Quality Walk the Floor routine to control and improve performance feeding the DOMs.
• Maintain and audit the Quality Assurance System in line with AS9100 (Aerospace) and NADCAP.
• Be point of contact for customer queries/issues and liaise with customers for timely resolution of quality concerns.
• Review, understand and implement new/updated customer requirements.
• Support the delivery of NPI and reporting against KPIs.
• Maintain internal audit program to continually improve Quality System performance.
• Be prepared for audits through maintenance of Quality Assurance processes.
• Maintain control plans, PFMEA, PPAP, and understand AS9102 FAIR process.
• Participate/lead customer/NADCAP audits and support training of team members.
• Analyze Walk the Floor outputs to identify problems and drive resolution by operations or functions.
• Reduce cost of non-conformance via continuous improvement/lean initiatives.
• Monitor resolution of identified problems and ensure new standards are embedded.
• Identify actual/potential problems and take containment/action within timescales.
• Improve investigation and follow-up of Quality Assurance issues to prevent recurrence.
• Support manufacturing and planning to achieve 100% quality target and zero-defect culture.

Skills

Aerospace standards experience

Reading & interpreting drawings

Quality management & problem-solving

Lean / continuous improvement

Customer liaison & audits

Job description

Accrofab Ltd. is recruiting a Senior Quality Engineer to join its Quality Department in the East Midlands.

The role focuses on maintaining AS9100/NADCAP quality systems, performing audits, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. The successful candidate will review customer requirements, support NPI, lead audits, and mentor the quality team while aiming for 100% quality targets and zero-defect culture.