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Quality Engineer

Recruit4TalentBurton-On-Trent, Staffordshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 15 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Quality Engineer role offers significant career growth within a globally recognized automotive manufacturing organization, allowing you to hone your problem-solving skills and contribute to continuous improvement. You'll thrive here if you're a self-driven individual with strong analytical and communication abilities, eager to make an impact on quality deliverables. Apply now to join a reputable company with excellent compensation and flexible working arrangements.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Posted
Yesterday

Job Description

Quality Engineer sought by a global automotive manufacturing organisation serving customers in more than 150 countries, based at their Burton on Trent plant.

The Role:
Reporting to the Senior Quality Engineer, the Quality Engineer will be responsible for fulfilling quality related deliverables for the Burton plant.

Your day-to-day duties as Quality Engineer will include:

  • Analyse customer returns, concerns and defects
  • Prepare and maintain control plan for components and complete products
  • Perform Capability Studies and Process Audits
  • Able to use key Quality tools, PPS, A3, Ishikawa, Is/Is Not, Mini Tab, 5Why
  • Support the continuous improvement of the Operator Description Sheets (ODS)
  • Lead Problem Solving teams for Root Cause Analysis on Plant/Customer issues
  • Understand supplier requirements for PPAP
  • Be able to travel at short notice
  • Raise and manage quality documentation (Quality Alerts, PFU’s etc)

Your skills & experience as Quality Engineer:

  • Automotive Industry experience is advantageous but not essential.
  • Manufacturing Quality System experience and customer communication activities
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills to all levels of the business including the customer
  • Able to demonstrate knowledge of Problem-Solving Tools and Techniques
  • Required to be committed, self-driven to learn and have the ability to work on your own initiative
  • Minimum HNC qualified.

Benefits:

  • Excellent salary
  • 39 hours per week, core hours Monday to Friday 8am – 4.20pm
  • Flexible working: working day can be extended to allow 12.30pm finish on Friday and early finishes throughout the week if hours are made up elsewhere (discretionary)
  • 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Employee discounts available
  • Cycle To Work Scheme
  • Discounted Golf / Gym memberships
  • finishes throughout the week if hours are made up elsewhere (discretionary)
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Opportunities for development and training

Quality Engineer

Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire

Excellent salary + benefits

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