Supplier Quality Engineer - NPI & Continuous Improvement

Brompton Bicycle Limited; Greenford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9 Day Fortnight

25 days annual leave

Competitive salary

Brompton Discount

Staff Loan Bike

Free Breakfast

Breakout Areas

Learning and Development

Flexible Working

Cycle to Work Scheme

Mental Health support

Paid Leave

Job summary

Brompton Bicycle Limited in Greenford, London is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to support the Supplier Quality Manager. You will drive supplier validation, audits, and continuous improvement to ensure processes and products meet design intent and quality requirements.

You will lead APQP/PPAP activities, root cause analysis, and corrective actions, while collaborating with Engineering to optimise manufacturing capability and NPI.

Qualifications

• Degree preferred, HNC or equivalent experience in similar role.
• Substantial experience in a volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience of working in Quality Assurance.
• Experience of Supplier Quality Development.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate supplier validation and quality audits; lead supplier approval processes (APQP).
• Collaborate with Engineering and suppliers to define process parameters and support new product introduction and first-off approvals.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions; conduct on-site verification.
• Monitor supplier performance via KPIs, PPM, warranty, and cost recovery; drive improvements.
• Promote process improvements using Lean, Six Sigma, PFMEA, MSA and error-proofing techniques.

Skills

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

Lean Manufacturing

ISO9001

ISO18001

ISO14001

Measurement techniques

Engineering drawings

Root cause analysis

Education

Degree preferred

HNC or equivalent

Tools

Six Sigma

PFMEA

MSA

APQP tools

Job description

Brompton Bicycle Limited in Greenford, London is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to support the Supplier Quality Manager. You will drive supplier validation, audits, and continuous improvement to ensure processes and products meet design intent and quality requirements.

You will lead APQP/PPAP activities, root cause analysis, and corrective actions, while collaborating with Engineering to optimise manufacturing capability and NPI.