Supplier Quality & Development Engineer

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

27 days holiday

Private healthcare

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

Share Ownership Plan

Onsite parking

Flexible benefits

Discount portal

Job summary

Spirax-Sarco Engineering is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to join the UK Supply Operations team in Cheltenham. You will drive quality improvements across our supplier base, ensuring high standards of supplier performance and supporting continuous improvement initiatives throughout the business.

Working with internal stakeholders and suppliers, you will enhance quality systems, reduce non-conformance, and support sourcing activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Quality Engineering or Supplier Quality role in manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management systems.
• Experience in supplier quality management, quality planning, and corrective action processes.
• Proficient in quality auditing, root-cause analysis and CI techniques.

Responsibilities

• Support supplier selection to meet business and quality requirements.
• Conduct supplier quality audits in line with standards.
• Work with suppliers to implement quality planning and control processes.
• Lead cross-functional feasibility reviews and purchased part validation.
• Analyze supplier performance data and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage supplier corrective actions and drive effective resolution of non-conformances.

Skills

Quality engineering

Supplier quality

ISO 9001

Quality management

Six Sigma

Kaizen

FMEA

Root cause analysis

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Relevant engineering or quality qualification

Job description

Spirax-Sarco Engineering is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer to join the UK Supply Operations team in Cheltenham. You will drive quality improvements across our supplier base, ensuring high standards of supplier performance and supporting continuous improvement initiatives throughout the business.

Working with internal stakeholders and suppliers, you will enhance quality systems, reduce non-conformance, and support sourcing activities.