Quality Engineer

Overview

In this role you will provide QA/QC support for major Defence Infrastructure projects, ensuring right first-time delivery through strong collaboration with the site team and suppliers. You will translate MoD requirements into supplier actions and capture learning from experience for future work. You will lead audits, monitor KPIs, and manage quality records and investigations to drive continuous improvement. This position offers exposure to high-safety, high-integrity projects within a top nuclear engineering group, with a clear impact on program success.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• 8% pension contributions
• Healthcare cash-plan
• Employee assistance programme with mental health support
• Professional membership fees paid
• Hybrid working with site attendance 3 days/week

Responsibilities

• Provide QA/QC support to the project team for right-first-time delivery
• Flow-down quality requirements to supply chain and liaise with suppliers
• Lead internal quality and supplier audits and health checks
• Review project documentation (ITPs, Quality Plans, Specifications) for quality compliance
• Monitor KPIs and product quality verification activities across supplier sites
• Manage NCRs, defect notifications, and risk/opportunity tracking
• Coordinate Lifetime Quality Records content and final document packs
• Engage with Third-Party representatives and GQAR as required

Key requirements

• SC Clearance (or ability to obtain before starting)
• Industry-recognised auditor qualification (e.g., ISO 9001 Lead/Internal)
• HNC in Engineering or equivalent experience
• Understanding and implementation of ISO 9001:2015 quality management systems
• Experience in quality engineering across multiple projects/domains

• Stakeholder collaboration
• Analytical thinking
• Problem solving
• ISO 9001:2015 knowledge
• Quality audits and health checks
• NCR and non-conformance handling

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