Senior Quality Engineer

Job Description SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER.

This is an exciting organisation to be part of; you would be joining a prestigious, state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing organisation. We are at the forefront of brand‑new technology.

We have been providing pioneering technologies and products to our customers worldwide for a number of years. Our teams are accomplished experts, highly specialised in development, industrialisation and production.

We are the market leader and committed to delivering high‑quality products and services to our customers. We are looking for a motivated and detail‑oriented Senior Quality Engineer to join our team. This role will oversee Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA), Production Quality, and Metrology functions, ensuring adherence to quality standards while driving continuous improvements.

Commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Henley‑in‑Arden, Redditch, Studley, Stratford‑upon‑Avon, Solihull, Tamworth, Sutton Coldfield, Atherstone and Curdworth.

• Salary: £50,000 – £55,000
• Free parking on site
• Employee discount (Reward Gateway)
• Yearly incentive bonus paid out in December
• Long service award after 4 years of service
• Access to BEN (charity for automotive workers)
• Flexible start & finish times
• Death in service (once passed probationary period)
• 25 Days Holiday (Bank Holidays on top), increasing to 26 days after 1 calendar year, then 28 after 5 years
• Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
• Pristine and modern working environment
• Market leader with continued growth predicted

As Senior Quality Engineer, you will play a critical role in managing quality processes, leading a team of professionals and driving improvements in product quality and efficiency. This role requires a strong leader with experience in quality assurance, problem‑solving methodologies and effective communication across teams and with customers.

• Manage and guide employees within the SQA and Production Quality teams, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment with organisational goals.
• Define and implement local Business Unit (BU) quality standards, including work instructions, limit sample lists and inspection plans, in coordination with BU Production Quality.
• Conduct weekly quality improvement meetings to review product quality metrics, scrap rates and error analyses.
• Drive the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) and corrective action implementation to reduce scrap and improve quality outcomes.
• Lead and coordinate the 8D problem‑solving process for quality complaints.
• Generate and present 8D reports, ensuring thorough root‑cause analysis and effective corrective actions.
• Attend daily Production Quality meetings and monthly Team Leader meetings with senior management to report KPIs.

• Significant senior quality engineering experience
• Proficiency in quality standards and methodologies (8D, FMEA, control plans and PPAPs)
• Familiarity with metrology and techniques
• Strong leadership qualities
• Experience with supplier visits
• Excellent analysis and attention to detail
• Ability to coordinate
• All manufacturing backgrounds are considered
• Customer‑facing with superb communication skills

If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with truly exciting products, send your CV now.

Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.