Senior Quality Engineer — Design Control & CAPA Lead

Thornton Tomasetti; Pokeno; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott, based in New Zealand, seeks a Senior Quality Engineer for our ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain. The role leads design control, qualification and CAPA activities across manufacturing plants, ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards.

You will work with engineers and global operations teams, handling complex investigations and risk analyses, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a similar position or in food manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of applicable regulations, quality systems, and engineering/quality principles.
• Applies quality-focused thinking and strong project management skills.
• Demonstrates high attention to detail to ensure accuracy within Quality System documentation.
• Works independently with confidence and reliable outputs.

Responsibilities

• Understand design control processes and lead projects to ensure compliance with the process.
• Execute qualification/validation activities to support engineering projects.
• Analyze complex interdisciplinary problems and assess impact, probabilities and financial implications.
• Establish workable schedules and manage multiple priorities.
• Capture technical requirements, cause/effect and risks in design plans, qualifications, and investigations.
• Communicate with engineers, quality and global operations teams to ensure policy compliance.
• Execute design control and CAPA activities.

Skills

Quality systems

Project management

Regulatory compliance

Technical writing

Verbal communication

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Science, Technical or related field

Job description

Abbott, based in New Zealand, seeks a Senior Quality Engineer for our ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain. The role leads design control, qualification and CAPA activities across manufacturing plants, ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards.

You will work with engineers and global operations teams, handling complex investigations and risk analyses, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives in a dynamic healthcare environment.