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Quality Engineer
£40,000 to £45,000 + company pension & additional employee benefits
Port Talbot
Are you an experienced Quality Engineer with a strong background in manufacturing? Does the thought of working for a well-established Engineering firm with a reputation for excellence appeal to you? Do you want variety in your work and the chance to showcase your skills in a forward thinking, supportive manufacturing environment?
If so, we'd like to hear from you.
We are currently recruiting for a Quality Engineer to join an industry leading manufacturer in Port Talbot. This is a great opportunity to be an important part of a number of new, exciting engineering projects for an employer of choice in the area, ensuring that the manufactured products for a number of key clients and the processes behind it meet the customer, regulatory and company quality requirements.
Working in a small but knowledgeable team as Quality Engineer you will:
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- Use your manufacturing quality experience to ensure compliance with the required quality standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements
- Develop, implement, and maintain quality plans, inspection plans, and control plans for new and existing products.
- Draw on your analytical and investigative skills when conducting root cause analysis using structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, DMAIC)
- Showcase your confidence and knowledge when leading meetings into internal non-conformances, customer complaints, and supplier quality issues.
- Review engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing processes to ensure quality requirements are clearly defined and achievable.
- Participate in design reviews, process validation, and production readiness activities.
- Use your organisational skills and eye for detail when reviewing key quality metrics and analysing data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Perform process capability studies and statistical analysis
- Promote continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.


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This is an exciting, permanent position for an industry leading engineering firm. As well as a competitive salary, you will benefit from convenient hours, excellent ongoing training and support, a modern working environment and great variety in your work. You will be joining the firm in question as they continue to go through an impressive period of growth due to a number of high-profile contract wins.
For immediate consideration, please forward your CV to Alex at Vibe Recruit today.
Vibe Recruit is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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