Job Description:

The basics:

Job Titles: Quality Engineer (Group Quality)

Industry: Precision Engineering - Aerospace

Location: Remote

Travel: some travel required to manufacturing plants located global - discussed at interview

Salary: Up to £50,000

Hours: Remote working/office hours

Contracted hours: 40 per week

Holidays and Benefits: 25 days + 8 bank holidays. Pensions, annual pay negotiated each year by the Union

Overview:

Working within a modern aerospace and precision engineering manufacturing business that produce precision engineered components with processes such as CNC Machining, Sheet metal fabrication and surface treatments, we now require a Quality Engineer to join the group global quality function.

Brief overview of duties:

• Act as the internal focal point for quality-related matters, providing expert support to both central Quality teams and site-based teams on escalated technical queries, issues, and challenges.
• Provide specialist guidance to all sites on the deployment of APQP deliverables, including identifying training needs and supporting the roll-out of APQP training across the group.
• Collaborate closely with Manufacturing Engineering to continuously enhance planning and inspection processes, ensuring best practices are shared, standardised, and embedded across all sites.
• Support group-wide activities to maintain NADCAP and customer-specific process approvals, including assisting site teams in preparation for NADCAP audits.
• Conduct internal process audits to identify improvement opportunities and drive operational excellence.
• Support the effective implementation of corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives across the business.
• Provide technical support to inspection teams, ensuring a consistent and standardised approach (e.g. CMM strategies, GD&T application).
• Support wider Quality functions as required to ensure alignment and consistency across the organisation.
• Work collaboratively within cross-functional teams to support business development, growth initiatives, and continuous improvement projects.

The ideal candidate / Quality Engineer may have some of the following, however, please note these are only desirable and not essential as all applications will be looked at individually:

• Experience in deployment of APQP deliverables
• Working knowledge of international standards for quality management systems (AS9100, ISO9001)
• Experience in manufacturing processes for sheet metal and machined components, including surface treatment processes
• Proficient in reading, understanding and applying technical documentation such as drawings, technical specifications, standards etc.
• Proficient in developing and improving planning (routing) and supporting documentation (procedures, instructions, process checklist)
• Previous experience in a highly regulated industry - aerospace, nuclear, automotive etc.
• Experience with inspection techniques / CMM
• Strong knowledge of problem analysis methodologies (i.e. 8D, Ishikawa, 5-Why, DoE, DMAIC, Kepner Tregoe, etc.)
• Working experience with ERP systems

If you are interested in the Quality Engineer role, please apply immediately due to the urgency of this role.

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