Ricardo - Pushing Boundaries: A World leader in propulsion engineering from concept to production
Ricardo is a trusted engineering partner specialising in complex propulsion, driveline, and energy systems. We work with customers globally to deliver end-to-end solutions from initial design through to full production. For over 110 years, we have been at the forefront of world changing engineering innovation, partnering with many of the world’s most ambitious organisations to improve performance, push boundaries, and accelerate progress.
Headquartered in Shoreham by Sea (UK), Ricardo brings together more than 1,000 experts and delivers in excess of 200 major programmes globally at any given time. For more information, visit
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality professional to join Ricardo's Shoreham Technical Centre, supporting production and new product introduction programmes within a dynamic manufacturing environment.
As a Supplier Quality Resident Engineer, you will act as the primary quality interface between suppliers and the manufacturing operation, with a strong focus on shopfloor containment, inspection, material control, and rapid response to supplier-related quality issues.
The role is predominantly site-based and requires close collaboration with manufacturing, quality, engineering, procurement, and logistics teams to ensure supplier quality issues are effectively contained, investigated, and resolved with minimal disruption to production.
Unlike a traditional Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer role, the Resident Engineer will support only a portfolio of lower-priority suppliers, reducing the requirement for frequent supplier visits and development activities and allowing significant focus on production containment, inspection activities, and day-to-day manufacturing support.
The role offers the opportunity to work with leading automotive customers and advanced powertrain technologies, including products supplied to premium automotive brands.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate immediate containment actions for supplier-related quality concerns affecting production.
- Establish, maintain, and manage containment activities including controlled shipping, sorting, rework, segregation, and stock disposition.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for supplier quality issues identified within manufacturing, goods-in inspection, assembly operations and from customers.
- Work closely with production teams to ensure suspect material is rapidly identified, quarantined, and controlled.
- Define and implement temporary containment measures to protect customers and manufacturing operations.
- Support line-side investigations and provide hands-on problem-solving within manufacturing areas.
- Monitor containment effectiveness and ensure timely closure of containment actions.
- Coordinate third-party sorting providers when required.
- Maintain containment records, traceability documentation, and reporting metrics.
- Support escalation processes when supplier issues threaten production continuity.
- Manage day-to-day quality activities for designated low-priority suppliers.
- Review supplier quality performance and support implementation of corrective actions.
- Verify supplier responses to non-conformances and ensure actions are completed effectively.
- Support supplier assessments and audits when required.
- Participate in supplier quality reviews and performance discussions.
- Escalate significant supplier concerns to the Supplier Quality Assurance team where appropriate.
- Collaborate with procurement and suppliers to support quality improvements and risk reduction.
- Lead investigations into supplier-related quality concerns using structured problem[1]solving methodologies including 8D, Root Cause Analysis, 5 Why, FMEA, and similar tools.
- Verify effectiveness of corrective actions through production monitoring, inspection activities, and data analysis.
- Support non-conformance management processes and material review activities.
- Assess the production impact of supplier defects and support risk-based decision making.
- Support engineering and manufacturing teams during investigations into product and process concerns.
- Generate and maintain receiving inspection and containment requirements as necessary.
- Support supplier quality activities during product development and launch phases.
- Assist with APQP and PPAP activities for assigned suppliers as required.
- Support supplier readiness reviews and launch risk assessments.
- Participate in project reviews and…
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