Quality Engineer

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Join a team where precision meets purpose. As a Quality Engineer, you won’t just test products—you’ll shape the standards that define excellence. From uncovering hidden flaws to driving continuous improvement, you’ll play a critical role in delivering reliable, high-performing solutions that customers trust. If you’re energised by solving complex problems, collaborating across teams, and turning quality into a competitive advantage, this is your opportunity to make a real impact from day one. Whether you’re a Graduate Engineer with one to two years industry experience or a seasoned Quality Professional, this will be an excellent opportunity to join a company that puts quality and innovation at the core of their ethos.

Key Responsibilities:

* To actively support the implementation, maintenance, performance and improvement of the Quality Management System by applying appropriate quality tools and techniques. Work independently and as a team member in conducting Quality Engineering activities.

* Work in line with Quality, Safety and Environmental Policies, Procedures and Instructions.

* Identify performance trends and potential and actual non-conformances in products and processes through data gathering, analysis, monitoring and auditing.

* Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.

* Decision making: To stop production, drive containment action and take corrective or preventive action. To ensure effective and timely defect management.

* Propose and implement robust and cost-effective solutions and improvements.

* Carry out audits, inspections, measurements and tests in a timely and accurate manner.

* Clear, concise, accurate and data driven reporting of results, trends actions and progress.

* Develop effective relationships with other team members and departments, suppliers and customer personnel as appropriate to facilitate product and service quality.

* Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools for quality engineering.

* Provide training support and to overcome barriers to quality improvement.

* Customer performance monitoring, trend analysis & reporting

* Process Control.

* Gauging methods development for process.

* Process data, trends and issues.

* Support process control training for shop floor.

* APQP - Support NPI projects.

* Customer PMP.

* Gather shop floor SPC and Dim Check Sheet data, trend and give quick feedback

* Document control

* Liaise with and support other functions with document management (training)

* Conduct internal process and systems audits

* Assist 2nd and 3rd party external audits and associated actions

* Feedback to production on issues from internal and customer etc

* Scrap reduction project / BOS

* Liaison with Production to resolve issues

Essential Experience, Qualification & Knowledge Required:

* A minimum of a BTEC / HNC / HND or Degree in Engineering or Science related discipline.

* A minimum of one to two years experience working within industry as a Quality Engineer / Technician within Manufacturing or Precision Engineering.

* Knowledge and experience of using six sigma quality tools such as 8D, 5Why’s FMEA, PPAP & SPC.

* Excellent communication skills coupled with strong attention to detail.

Please note, our client does not have a skilled worker sponsorship licence therefore to apply for this role candidates must have the immediate right to work in the UK.

If you are looking for a new challenge and have the relevant experience & qualification as above, please submit an up-to-date CV by using the ‘apply’ button.

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Location:
Plymouth
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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