Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer Salary: £38,000 £ 44,000  Performance Bonus Are you an experienced Quality Engineer with a passion for compliance, auditing, and continuous improvement? We're looking for a proactive and detail-oriented professional to join our quality team, helping to maintain the highest standards within a precision manufacturing environment serving highly regulated industries. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong manufacturing quality background who enjoys solving problems, driving improvements, and ensuring products and processes consistently meet customer and industry requirements.

What You'll Be Doing As a Quality Engineer (Compliance & Audit), you'll play a key role in maintaining and improving our Quality Management System while ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal quality standards. Your responsibilities will include:
Conducting internal and external quality audits. Supporting compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS) / Integrated Management System (IMS). Investigating non-conformances and participating in MRB activities. Raising and managing concessions where required. Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and waste reduction. Working closely with manufacturing teams to ensure quality standards are maintained throughout production. About You We're looking for someone who combines technical quality expertise with a practical, solutions-focused approach.

You'll have: A minimum of 3 years' experience as a Quality Engineer within a manufacturing environment. Previous experience as a time-served inspector or an experienced quality auditor. The ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing requirements to verify product conformity. A thorough understanding of manufacturing processes from raw material through to finished product. Experience working to the demanding standards of the aerospace, defence, or other highly regulated manufacturing sectors.

Knowledge of Quality Management Systems (QMS/IMS) and quality compliance requirements. Experience using a range of inspection techniques and equipment, including:
Hand measuring equipment Keyence measurement systems Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) Experience managing non-conformance processes, MRB activities, and concession requests. Experience planning and conducting internal and external audits. Personal Qualities You'll be someone who enjoys improving processes and working collaboratively across the business. You'll also demonstrate:
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong decision-making ability. A continuous improvement mindset. A practical, pragmatic approach to resolving quality issues. Excellent communication skills with the confidence to work across multiple departments.