Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer
Location: Dunstable
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer to join a Quality Assurance team within a busy industrial manufacturing environment.
This is a hands-on Quality Engineer role supporting Production, Engineering and Manufacturing teams to maintain and continuously improve product quality, reliability and compliance. You will play a key role in ensuring components, sub-assemblies and finished products meet the required standards, while helping to prevent quality issues from progressing through the manufacturing process or reaching the customer.

Key Responsibilities as a Quality Engineer

• Support Production and Engineering teams with quality-related issues, investigations and improvement activities.
• Lead and support root cause investigations and corrective actions using tools such as 8D, Ishikawa, FMEA and Control Plans.
• Create, execute, review and report on product and process qualification testing.
• Monitor incoming and outgoing quality and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Raise and manage quality notifications/alerts when non-conformances are identified.
• Participate in the Material Review Board (MRB) process.
• Support fault finding and investigation of customer returns, working closely with Production, Engineering and R&D.
• Review and approve small process deviations and product concessions, ensuring these are appropriately documented.
• Review verification and validation activities for existing and new processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve product quality and manufacturing processes.

About You as a Quality Engineer

• A degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience with in aerospace, automotive or another highly regulated manufacturing environment would be advantageous.
• Practical engineering knowledge and a strong understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Experience using quality tools such as 8D, FMEA, Control Plans and Ishikawa/root cause analysis.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with Production, Engineering, Sales, customers and suppliers.
• A proactive approach, with the confidence to identify issues, investigate root causes and drive improvements through to completion.

The Role
This is an excellent opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join a quality-focused manufacturing environment and have genuine influence over quality, manufacturing processes, compliance and continuous improvement.

If you're a Quality Engineer looking for a hands-on role where you can make a tangible difference to manufacturing quality, we'd love to hear from you.