Quality Engineer

Location:
Motherwell, Scotland
Company:
McPhee Mixers (Part of the TVS Interfleet Group)
Job Type: Full-time | Permanent

Join the UK's Leading Concrete Mixer Manufacturer

McPhee Mixers, part of the TVS Interfleet Group, is the UK's leading manufacturer of truck-mounted concrete mixers, with more than 40 years of engineering excellence and innovation. Based at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Motherwell, we design and build industry-leading mixer solutions that are trusted by customers across the UK.

Due to continued growth, we are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer to help drive manufacturing excellence, improve product quality and support our commitment to delivering industry-leading products to our customers.

You will play a key role in ensuring our products consistently meet customer, company and regulatory quality standards while driving continuous improvement across our manufacturing operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining quality control plans, inspection standards and testing procedures.
• Monitoring product quality throughout fabrication, painting, assembly and manufacturing processes.
• Investigating customer complaints, warranty claims and internal quality concerns using structured problem-solving techniques.
• Conducting root cause analysis using 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagrams and Pareto Analysis.
• Leading corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and verifying their effectiveness.
• Carrying out process, product and layered process audits.
• Supporting compliance with ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and customer quality requirements.
• Supporting APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans and MSA activities.
• Analysing quality data to identify trends and opportunities to reduce defects, scrap and rework.
• Working closely with Production, Engineering, Purchasing and Supplier Quality teams to resolve quality issues.
• Supporting supplier quality improvement initiatives.
• Driving Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement projects.
• Supporting internal, customer and third-party audits.
• Delivering quality awareness training to production teams.

You will ideally have:

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Engineering or a related discipline.
• A minimum of three years' experience in a Quality Engineering role within automotive, commercial vehicle or industrial manufacturing.
• Experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA and Control Plans.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ideally IATF 16949.
• The ability to interpret engineering drawings and GD&T.
• A good understanding of fabrication, welding, machining, painting and vehicle assembly processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies is desirable.

• Company pension scheme
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), including dental and optical cover
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking

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