Quality Engineer

Role: Quality Engineer
Job Type:Permanent
Employment Type:Full-Time
Salary:Competitive salary
Working Hours: 42.5hours per week
Location: Fareham

As a Quality Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality and integrity of our products. You’ll carry out inspections using equipment, document findings, and collaborate with colleagues to continuously improve inspection methodologies. Your work will directly support our commitment to delivering high-quality components that meet customer and industry standards.

Key Responsibilities
:

• Review Quality Plans, FUD’s Inspection and Test Plans and supporting QA & NDT documentation
• Interpretation of the intent and ensuring the requirements of codes, standards and specifications are met.
• Liaise with QA Manager,Project Leads in relation to submission of documentation and QA requirements for projects / maintenance
• Ensuring WPS conformity (Making sure that the WPS is correct to the material type, thickness and diameter)
• Weld fit up inspection and visual inspection of welds and material
• Welder Qualification (Ensuring that the welder is qualified to perform the weld and ensuring prolongation)
• Cleanliness inspection (Ensuring the weld area is free from debris)
• Material Traceability (Ensuring that heat codes are correctly monitored and transferred)
• Calibration control (Ensuring that the any machinery, gauges, measuring equipment are calibrated and in date)
• Ensure all quality documentation/records are maintained within the Company’s Combined Management System (CMS)

What We’re Looking For
:

• Project Quality
• Quality Management (ISO 9001 / AS9100 / Nuclear / Automotive)
• Quality Control
• PPAP
• MSA / GR&R
• Process Mapping
• Problem Solving / Resolution / Management
• RFQ/Contract Review inc Drawing and Specification interpretation
• Document Management
• Communication / training

Ideal Candidate Attributes
:

• Very well organised
• Able to influence (internal / external)
• Able to manage / enable throughput of work from RFQ to despatch
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)

• Please be aware that roles at Hythe Engineering require security clearance. Successful candidates must be able to meet the requirements to obtain, and maintain, appropriate security clearance to be considered for this position

• Contributory pension scheme
• Private medical insurance, including optical and dental
• 24/7 employee assistance program

About Us

Hythe Engineering is a trusted partner to some of the UK’s leading Defence, Renewable, and Nuclear contractors. We specialise in bespoke design and manufacturing solutions, with an emphasis on quality, safety, and technical excellence.