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Quality Engineer

Job Posted: 11 days ago

Salary: £ 48,000 - 60,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Expire in: 16 days

Job Description

Quality Engineer - High-Integrity / Regulated Manufacturing
Location: Abingdon
Salary: £60,000 + Training + Progression + Flexitime + Early Friday Finish

Are you a Quality Engineer who thrives in complex, regulated environments?
Do you enjoy owning NPI, APQP and "right-first-time" delivery from concept through to production?

This is a great opportunity to join a highly technical engineering business supplying critical products into safety-led, high-integrity industries. You'll play a key role in ensuring new and existing products meet the highest quality, compliance and traceability standards, while working closely with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers and customers.

The Role
You'll be the quality lead within project teams, supporting New Product Introduction and driving robust quality planning from day one. The focus is on prevention, not firefighting, ensuring products are compliant, traceable and delivered right first time.
Key responsibilities include:

Leading APQP and NPI activities from feasibility through to volume production
Owning PPAP submissions and ensuring manufacturing readiness
Managing non-conformances, root cause analysis and corrective actions
Leading internal, external and supplier audits, including special processes
Ensuring full traceability, lifetime records and material certification
Supporting process validation, control plans and capability studies
Acting as a key interface between engineering, manufacturing, suppliers and customersWhat They're Looking For

Quality Engineer within a regulated or high-integrity manufacturing environment
Strong working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA and Root Cause Analysis
Experience supporting NPI and transition from prototype to production
Confident dealing with audits, suppliers and customers
Able to read engineering drawings and understand manufacturing processes
Background in nuclear, defence, aerospace, pressure equipment or similar environments is highly desirableInterested in a confidential conversation?
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Commutable from: Oxford, Didcot, Radley, Wantage, Grove, Witney, Wallingford, Milton, Sutton Courtenay, Wootton, Marcham, Drayton, Steventon, East Hagbourne, South Moreton, Clifton Hampden, Dorchester-on-Thames, Kennington, Botley, Swindon, Banbury

Key words: Nuclear, Regulated Engineering, Supplier Quality, Customer, Special Processes, Welding, NDT, Audit Management, Audits, Launch Readiness Review, Run at Rate, Process Capability, Cp Cpk, Control Plans, Manufacturing Readiness, Engineering Compliance, Quality Assurance Engineer, Quality Systems, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ASME, Pressure Equipment, Counterfeit Fraudulent Suspect Items, CFSI, Lifetime Records, Material Certification, BS EN 10204, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Right First Time

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