Supplier Quality Engineer

Futura Design Ltd; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 37,195; Full time

Job summary

Futura Design Ltd is looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer based in Solihull to join their team under a contract position. This role focuses on addressing vehicle refinement issues in the Jaguar and Land Rover program, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction. Key responsibilities include problem definition and resolution using quality tools, managing issues from both internal and external sources. Candidates should possess an automotive/engineering degree and strong negotiation skills. The position offers an hourly pay rate of £27.03 and requires a full UK driving license.

Qualifications

• Automotive / Engineering degree or equivalent automotive experience preferred.
• Demonstrable problem-solving experience including Root Cause Analysis.
• Strong negotiation skills to drive resolution.

Responsibilities

• Ensure vehicles are free from abnormal noises and water leaks.
• Define problems and drive effective resolutions using quality tools.
• Engage cross-functional teams for issue resolution.

Skills

Automotive / Engineering degree or equivalent automotive experience

Problem-solving experience

Experience with quality tools (8D, Fish bone, FTA, PDCA)

Negotiation skills

Ability to analyze large data

Leadership in complex issue resolution

Education

Automotive / Engineering degree or equivalent automotive experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Our OEM Client based in Solihull, is searching for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 31st March 2027.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.

Duties

Vehicle NVH is a key technical function within the product creation process, leading engineering activities from initial concept through to customer delivery. Within this department, you will help define the unique character of our vehicles by delivering the levels of refinement required to meet customer expectations across all Jaguar and Land Rover programmes. This work is fundamental to creating products that delight our customers and differentiate us from the competition.

The Attributes Refinement Group operates across the full vehicle lifecycle, incorporating Prevention, Launch, and In‑Service Performance. The primary focus areas include Squeak & Rattle (S&R) and Water and Air Ingress across the full vehicle portfolio. The team engages from the earliest phases of a vehicle programme and works collaboratively across Design Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supplier Quality. It is responsible for achieving attribute targets, conducting complete‑vehicle testing, identifying issues, and driving robust resolutions.

In this role, you will play a pivotal part in enhancing customer satisfaction by ensuring vehicles are free from abnormal noises (S&R) and water leaks. Your key responsibilities include gathering and analysing facts to clearly define problems and applying strong negotiation and influencing skills to drive effective resolution using 8D and other industry‑standard quality tools. The team manages issues originating internally—through Manufacturing, Fleet, Durability, and Robustness testing—as well as externally through Warranty data and IQS surveys.

Skills Required

• Automotive / Engineering degree or equivalent automotive experience preferred.
• Ability to Plan work/Events and organise detailed activity to deliver the outcomes.
• Ability to lead and resolve complex issues through leading cross functional teams.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Demonstrable problem-solving experience e.g. Root Cause Analysis, 8 Disciplines of problem solving.
• Good experience of quality tools (8D, Fish bone, FTA, PDCA, 5Y etc).
• Ability to analyse large data that translates into next actions.
• Ability to learn quickly new skills quickly (Have a Growth Mind-set).
• Demonstrate good negotiation skills to promote issues to next phase of investigation.
• A proactive and personable nature to engage with cross functional areas.
• Microsoft package elements such Power Point and Excel to an intermediate level.Knowledge and understanding of automotive manufacturing processes.
• Ability to deliver presentations to work groups and senior management.
• A full UK driving licence.

Education Required

• Automotive / Engineering degree or equivalent automotive experience preferred.