Senior Quality Engineer: Lead, Improve & Deliver Excellence

Rotork; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotork in Manchester is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality excellence at our site. You will own customer issues, champion improvement, and drive measurable impact on product performance and customer experience.

You will guide a small team, embed robust quality processes, and work cross-functionally with operations, engineering and supply chain to deliver sustainable quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Senior Quality role.
• ISO 9001 experience; 8D/RCA and Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC); PED & ATEX desirable.
• Customer-facing experience with NCR management.
• Proficient with quality tools and methodologies (PPAP, CAPA, 8D, 5 Why’s, SPC, Six Sigma, Lean).
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes; tier reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team with direction, coaching, and support.
• Champion Health & Safety across quality activities.
• Own customer quality issues; drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Manage product returns and repairs; ensure timely resolution per customer expectations.
• Apply 8D and Lean to resolve internal, supplier, and customer issues.
• Develop and communicate quality KPIs and metrics.
• Improve inspection and verification processes with operations, engineering and supply chain.
• Lead audit activities: product, process, system, and supplier audits.
• Reduce cost of poor quality through sustainable improvements.
• Support New Product Introduction ensuring quality from design to production.

Skills

NCR management

Quality data analysis

Data-driven problem solving

Tools

ISO 9001

8D

Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC)

PPAP

CAPA

5 Why’s

SPC

Job description

Rotork in Manchester is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality excellence at our site. You will own customer issues, champion improvement, and drive measurable impact on product performance and customer experience.

You will guide a small team, embed robust quality processes, and work cross-functionally with operations, engineering and supply chain to deliver sustainable quality outcomes.