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Role - Quality Engineer
Location - Kidderminster, UK
I'm currently working with a leading manufacturer of rocket propulsion systems for the defence and aerospace sector, who are looking to add a Quality Engineer to support production quality, project compliance, and customer-facing assurance. This is a hands-on quality position with exposure to both shop-floor activities and structured project/process controls, working closely with manufacturing, engineering, and programme teams to ensure products meet the highest quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and drive quality activities throughout production and project lifecycles, ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirements.
- Act as the key quality interface between manufacturing, engineering, and project teams, investigating quality concerns and supporting effective resolution of non-conformances.
- Review, monitor, and maintain quality documentation, ensuring full traceability and adherence to quality management systems.
- Participate in customer and supplier quality activities where required, supporting audits, investigations, and compliance reviews.
- Conduct root cause investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Perform quality inspections and assessments, supporting first article inspections, production acceptance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Promote Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles to enhance product quality, reduce waste, and improve manufacturing performance.
- Apply inspection and measurement techniques, with experience using CMMs or other metrology equipment considered advantageous.
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What We’re Looking For
- Minimum 2 years' experience in a Quality Engineering role, with 5+ years considered ideal.
- Experience working within a manufacturing environment, ideally supporting both production and project-based quality activities.
- Knowledge of quality management systems and quality tools such as NCRs, CAPAs, 8D, Root Cause Analysis, PFMEA, or similar methodologies.
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with production, engineering, and customer stakeholders to resolve quality issues.
- Strong understanding of engineering drawings, inspection techniques, and dimensional measurement.
- Experience within aerospace, defence, automotive, precision engineering, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment would be highly beneficial.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to driving quality improvements.
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