Engineer, Quality Engineering

Engineering plays a vital role in supporting the manufacture of wind turbine blades on the Isle of Wight. The team is responsible for ensuring efficient, safe, high-quality, and cost-effective production processes that enable the delivery of high-quality renewable energy solutions.

As an Engineer, you will support the optimization and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes across the factory. You will work closely with Operations, Quality, Lean, and Headquarters Engineering teams to ensure robust process control, high product quality, and effective implementation of new products and technologies.

This position offers a valuable opportunity for an experienced manufacturing engineer to lead key engineering activities while contributing to the growth of renewable energy production.

• Manage and maintain PFMEA activities following VWTM Gate 7 while ensuring compliance with engineering and change management processes, including QBD, ECM, and ToCI.
• Ensure SQDCP objectives are met through effective process design, control plans, manufacturing layouts, process capability management, and worker balancing.
• Define and maintain manufacturing processes, testing requirements, tooling specifications, and process documentation.
• Support first-time-right quality through process confirmations, layered audits, poka-yoke solutions, and a clear focus on safety and quality standards.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in collaboration with Lean Engineering, using manufacturing data and performance trends to optimize efficiency.
• Govern Engineering Change Management (ECM) activities and ensure the effective implementation of process changes within the factory.
• Manage and support New Product Introduction (NPI) and Technology Transfer (TT) projects in collaboration with headquarters and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience within a manufacturing or industrial engineering environment.
• Solid understanding of production processes, quality systems, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience managing engineering projects and delivering process improvements.
• Core Tools training and certification, including PFMEA, Control Plan, and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) activities within a manufacturing environment.

• Ability to develop, maintain, and continuously improve PFMEA documentation while ensuring alignment with control plans and work instructions.
• Ability to establish process parameters, process capability targets, manufacturing layouts, and workforce balancing strategies that support SQDCP objectives.
• Ability to implement robust quality assurance measures, including layered audits, process confirmations, and poka-yoke solutions to ensure first-time-right manufacturing.
• Ability to identify process improvement opportunities, collaborate with Lean Engineering, and measure the impact of improvements through KPI analysis.
• Clear communication and effective stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across Engineering, Operations, Quality, and external teams.

• Full-time position working Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week).
• Flexible working arrangements where business requirements allow.
• Annual discretionary bonus of up to 5% of base salary, linked to company KPI performance.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Planned factory shutdown periods, typically:
• Two weeks during the summer.
• One week during the winter festive period.
• Company pension scheme after three months…