Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Permanent Opportunity

Aerospace / Production / Manufacturing

Gloucester

We are currently seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join our client's team at their state-of-the-art facility based in Gloucester on a permanent basis.

Our client manufacture composite engineering products for global application in the Aerospace, Space, Defence and Motorsport sectors.

This is an all‑round quality engineering position with ownership of the Quality Management System, supplier quality and corrective action planning all included.

You’ll need to be comfortable in a rapidly evolving business which scaling quickly.

• Develop, implement and maintain procedures that ensure quality standardisation.
• Undertake root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Recommend improvements that reduce defects, raise quality and increase efficiency.
• Maintain inspection, audit, test and corrective action records (including FAIR and ISIR)
• Run internal audits against quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Work with suppliers so materials and components meet standards
• Train production staff on quality standards, tools and techniques.
• Work with engineering to feed quality learnings back into product development.
• Analyse defect rates, returns and other quality data.

• Experience in general root cause analysis & Six Sigma
• Experience of working with AS9100 QMS
• Knowledge and practical experience with FMEA.
• Hands on experience with quality testing & inspection tools.
• Effective communication internally and externally.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Candidates who are currently a Quality Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer, Quality Lead, Senior Quality Engineer, QA Engineer, Quality compliance Engineer or Quality Manager may be suitable.