Quality Engineer

Department: Factory Employment Type: Full Time Location: Chesterfield Reporting To: Ashley Smith Compensation: £38,000 - £45,000 / year

About the Role

SolidCor is on a mission to make volume fire door replacement possible within days — enabling the industry to rapidly achieve compliance and community safety in every building. Born out of the urgent need for change following the Grenfell disaster, we have built the fastest production times in the industry and the widest range of primary-tested fire door configurations. We are growing fast and we are looking for A-players to help us get there.

We are passionate about getting things right and obsessed with quality. Our products are safety-critical — when a fire door fails, the consequences are real. That is why quality is not negotiable here, and why the person in this role matters.

We are looking for a Quality Engineer to be embedded within our manufacturing operation, working with production, engineering, logistics, and commercial teams to drive quality on site. This is a hands-on, shop-floor-first role for someone who seeks out weaknesses before they become a problem, takes full ownership when issues arise, and builds systems that stop the sources of abnormality from returning.

You will report to the Quality Manager and will be expected to act as the primary site quality contact in their absence. If you have a mission-first mindset, a can-do attitude, and a genuine passion for getting things right — this role will give you the platform to make a real and lasting impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Visible Leadership: Maintain a visible, active presence on the factory floor across all production departments and shifts, acting as the first point of contact for quality concerns raised by operators, team leaders, and supervisors.
• Quality Monitoring: Monitor in-process quality, ensuring compliance with specifications, process controls, and safety requirements, championing a quality-first culture at every level of the shop floor.
• RFT Improvement: Focus effort on recognizing Right First Time (RFT%) and continually improving it by identifying and removing points of weakness.
• Incident Management: Lead rapid response to abnormality incidents, non-conformances, and customer complaints, driving 8D Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for all significant quality events from containment to verified closure.
• CAPA Management: Manage Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA), ensuring effective implementation and sustainability verification.
• Change Management: Organise and facilitate controlled, rapid change management activities, maintaining full traceability and compliance.
• Documentation: Author, maintain, and improve manufacturing procedures, work instructions, inspection plans, and quality standards under the guidance of the Quality Manager.
• Internal & External Audits: Conduct internal audits of processes, product, and systems identifying gaps and driving improvements. Support external audits, customer visits, and regulatory inspections as required.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate quality records, non-conformance logs, and KPI data, ensuring all quality documentation is current, accessible, and understood in a developed and optimised QMS.
• New Product Support: Support new product introductions and process changes with robust quality planning and sign-off (APQP).
• Training: Support training of QC inspectors and members of the wider team across all shifts.
• Emergency Coverage: Stand in as the primary site quality contact when the Quality Manager is unavailable, providing leadership and decision-making on quality matters with the support of senior staff.