Shop Floor Quality Engineer – Additive Manufacturing

Alloyed; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Alloyed is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer to join our Oxford manufacturing team. You will work closely with production teams, technicians and engineers to ensure parts are manufactured to standard and to swiftly resolve quality issues as they arise.

You will support quality throughout the process, from reviewing inspection results to implementing corrective actions and improving processes, while helping maintain ISO 9001 compliance and driving continuous improvement on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Experience working in quality within a manufacturing or precision engineering environment.
• Comfortable working directly with production teams on the shop floor.
• Experience investigating manufacturing defects or non-conformances.
• Experience applying structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis in manufacturing.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and inspection data.
• Strong attention to detail with practical problem-solving.
• Able to challenge issues when standards are not met.
• Able to work independently while collaborating with technicians, engineers and production teams.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 or similar manufacturing quality systems.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and standard Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Be a regular quality presence on the shop floor, supporting technicians and production teams with day-to-day quality issues.
• Investigate non-conforming parts and manufacturing problems, identifying root causes and corrective actions.
• Review inspection and measurement data to identify issues and trends.
• Work with production and engineering to improve manufacturing processes and prevent repeats.
• Support the control and disposition of non-conforming material.
• Ensure manufacturing activities follow drawings, specifications and controlled processes.
• Apply structured problem-solving methods (5 Whys, fishbone, 8D, A3) to investigate issues and implement actions.
• Use quality data to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Support introduction of new or revised manufacturing processes from a quality perspective.
• Help improve work instructions, inspection methods and quality procedures.
• Support internal audits and ISO 9001 requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, production and quality to ensure customer requirements are understood.

Skills

Quality engineering

Shop floor collaboration

Root cause analysis

Reading engineering drawings

Attention to detail

Independent with teamwork

ISO 9001 awareness

Excel proficiency

Tools

Excel

Job description

Alloyed is seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer to join our Oxford manufacturing team. You will work closely with production teams, technicians and engineers to ensure parts are manufactured to standard and to swiftly resolve quality issues as they arise.

You will support quality throughout the process, from reviewing inspection results to implementing corrective actions and improving processes, while helping maintain ISO 9001 compliance and driving continuous improvement on the shop floor.