Quality Engineer

JOB OVERVIEW: We are looking for a hands-on quality professional to help shape the introduction of new products and processes within a highly specialised manufacturing environment.

This is not a traditional compliance or systems quality role. You will work at the intersection of new product introduction, manufacturing quality, process risk, performance management and digitalisation, establishing robust quality processes for future products before transitioning them successfully into series production. About the role

You will support new products and manufacturing projects from early planning through pre-series and into stable series production. You will combine technical quality expertise, data-led decision-making and practical manufacturing insight to build quality in from the outset. What you'll do Lead and facilitate Process FMEAs, identifying manufacturing risks and ensuring appropriate controls and actions are established. Support the introduction of new products, processes and technologies, ensuring quality requirements are built in from the outset.

Develop quality plans, controls and readiness activities to transition new processes successfully into series production. Analyse quality and manufacturing data to identify emerging risks, trends and opportunities for improvement. Support quality performance and target management, providing transparency of progress, actions and areas requiring escalation. Develop and implement trackers, dashboards and digital performance-management solutions using cloud and manufacturing-system data. Create the performance-management approach for new products and models before handing established processes into the series organisation.

Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Production, Project Management and Quality teams to drive issues through to resolution. Support structured problem-solving and continuous improvement activities. Take a practical, hands-on approach in the manufacturing environment to understand problems, validate solutions and support implementation. What we're looking forYou may come from automotive quality, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, engineering, defence, medical devices or another technically complex production environment.

We are particularly interested in people who combine technical quality knowledge with strong analytical and digital capability. Experience in Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Project Quality, New Product Introduction or a comparable technical role. Practical experience of FMEA / PFMEA and manufacturing risk management. Experience supporting new product or process introduction from development into production. Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capability.

Confidence working with manufacturing and quality performance data. Experience creating or improving dashboards, trackers or digital reporting solutions. Strong stakeholder-management skills and confidence working across engineering and operational functions. A proactive approach and willingness to move between project work, data analysis and practical shop-floor problem-solving. It would be an advantage if you have Exposure to Power BI or a similar visualisation platform.

Experience with cloud-based or connected manufacturing data. Knowledge of automotive quality methodologies such as APQP, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, 8D or comparable industry methods. Hays Talent Solutions is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at