Quality Engineer – High Precision Manufacturing

About the role

Join a leading high‑precision manufacturing business in Plymouth as a Quality Engineer. You will support the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System, ensuring products and processes meet customer, regulatory and business requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Implement, maintain and improve the Quality Management System using established quality engineering tools.
• Investigate quality issues through data analysis, audits, 8D problem‑solving and root‑cause investigations, and drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Monitor process performance with Statistical Process Control (SPC), dimensional data and quality metrics, providing timely feedback to production.
• Conduct internal audits, support external customer and certification audits, and ensure document‑control compliance.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Planning, Suppliers and Customers to resolve quality concerns, reduce scrap and improve manufacturing performance.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI), shop‑floor quality training and process‑control activities.

Required profile

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience using core quality tools.
• Proven ability to apply 8D, FMEA, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), PPAP and SPC.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with statistical data analysis.
• Ability to make informed quality decisions, including production stoppage when necessary.

Required skills

• 8D problem‑solving
• FMEA
• Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
• PPAP
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)

What we offer

• Competitive salary £38,000‑£40,000 per year.
• Overtime opportunities.
• Well‑developed benefits package.
• Opportunity to work in a secure, long‑term contracting environment.