Quality Engineer

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Supportive, team‑driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People‑first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritises both people and performance‑where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider‑we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customise visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• Support manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and quality management processes to ensure compliance with internal, customer, supplier, and ISO 9001:2015 requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain internal, supplier, product, and component audit systems.
• Plan, execute, and follow up on audits, nonconformities, corrective actions, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead quality issue resolution activities, including containment, RMAs, sorting, warranty investigations, and field failure analysis.
• Perform structured root cause analysis and corrective action processes using methodologies such as 8D.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through quality metrics, trend analysis, and process effectiveness evaluations.
• Ensure compliance with customer‑specific requirements, including PPAP and SESPA activities for new products and process changes.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, supply chain, suppliers, and customers to improve product and process performance.
• Maintain accurate, audit‑ready quality documentation, procedures, reports, and corrective action records.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Quality
• 5+ years of experience across multiple quality functions in a process‑driven manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS), inspection methods, and manufacturing quality controls.
• 5+ years of experience with supporting or conducting internal, supplier, product, and component audits, including planning through closure.
• 5+ years of experience with managing quality issues across internal operations, suppliers, and customers, including containment and corrective actions.
• 5+ years of experience in documenting, presenting, and communicating quality information for audits, management reviews, and decision‑making.

• Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 and ability to apply requirements to manufacturing, inspection, supplier, and customer processes.
• Proficiency in quality and process improvement tools, including 8D, root cause analysis, CAPA, statistical analysis, and structured problem‑solving methods.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, for data analysis and reporting.
• Understanding of customer‑specific and divisional quality requirements, including PPAP and SESPA deliverables for new products and changes.
• Ability to evaluate and demonstrate process and system effectiveness using objective evidence and data.
• Knowledge of GD&T and technical drawing interpretation.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate technical quality information across cross‑functional teams (Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Safety, Supply Chain).
• Self‑directed, organized, and capable of working independently while contributing effectively within cross‑functional teams.
• Good communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.
• Able to communicate in English.

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background…