Senior Quality Engineer: Drive Excellence in Manufacturing

Latitude Recruitment; Park Gate; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Latitude Recruitment clients near Fareham seek a Senior Quality Engineer to drive quality assurance across projects and supplier relations. You will lead non-conformance investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions while performing internal QMS/EMS audits and supporting engineering changes.

The role requires strong experience in manufacturing QA, NCR/CAPA processes, and supplier quality control, with involvement in design reviews and production releases.

Qualifications

• Quality experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with non-conformance & corrective actions.
• Inspection of electrical, electronic and/or mechanical parts, assemblies and products against engineering drawings and specifications.
• Liaising with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders on quality related issues, including complaints, rejects, FATs, FAIRs and change control.

Responsibilities

• Record and categorise non-conformities. Find root cause and implement effective corrective action.
• Carry out regular toolbox talks to advise technicians of quality issues and agreed corrective actions.
• Where customer needs are missed, record and investigate root causes with the relevant stakeholders.
• Customer complaints and non-conformance administration. Record details, find root cause and determine corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Keep customers updated throughout the process and close off complaints in a timely manner
• Internal auditor for QMS and EMS
• Provide QA support for project work and product changes carried out by Engineering and Technical Services functions
• Defining, communicating and managing the Project Quality Assurance activities through an approved and operating Quality Plan
• Determining and managing a project audit plan to ensure that projects are operating in compliance with customer and applicable statutory, regulatory and BMS requirements
• Ensure QA is represented at all project design review milestones
• Ensure project release into production is controlled and any QA risks are documented and mitigated
• Manage project non-conformance issues to ensure effective corrective actions are taken to achieve a level of zero recurrence
• Supplier auditor. Work with the Purchasing team to assess new suppliers and re-assess existing suppliers
• Visiting vendor facilities and observing the manufacturing environment to review and assess their procedures
• Monitor and measure supplier quality performance and work with the Purchasing and Quality Managers to implement corrective action to continually reduce supplier failure costs
• Work with key suppliers to develop and maintain an approved supply chain with clearly defined quality condition
• Review incoming supplies and products from vendors to check for defects and ensure quality
• Maintain detailed reports on supplier quality, including defect rates and areas that result in flaws
• Provide technical advice, guidance and support to suppliers to reduce defect rates

Skills

Quality experience

NCR & CAPA

Inspection of parts

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

Latitude Recruitment clients near Fareham seek a Senior Quality Engineer to drive quality assurance across projects and supplier relations. You will lead non-conformance investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions while performing internal QMS/EMS audits and supporting engineering changes.

The role requires strong experience in manufacturing QA, NCR/CAPA processes, and supplier quality control, with involvement in design reviews and production releases.