Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm (flexible working hours available)

Join a Leading European Manufacturer

We are a well-established European manufacturing business with our headquarters in High Wycombe, supplying high-quality engineered products to customers across multiple international markets. Due to continued growth, we are looking to recruit an experienced Quality Engineer to strengthen our Quality team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a manufacturing or engineering background who enjoys solving technical problems, improving processes and working closely with both customers and suppliers to deliver exceptional quality standards.

The Role

As Quality Engineer, you will play a key role in supporting the development, approval and continuous improvement of products across the Group. You will investigate quality issues, coordinate inspection activities, support product approvals and help ensure our products consistently meet customer and industry requirements.

Working closely with internal departments, suppliers and customers, you'll become a vital part of our quality function, helping to drive improvements across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve product quality issues with customers and suppliers
• Coordinate and review the Quarantine Register
• Raise, manage and update customer and supplier quality claims
• Review and maintain technical drawings
• Coordinate product testing, analysis and sample approval processes
• Support the APQP process, including contract reviews and feasibility studies
• Prepare and maintain PPAP and FAIR documentation and records
• Attend global quality meetings with international colleagues
• Maintain and coordinate the engineering drawing register and approval process
• Collate technical data to support product approvals
• Support customer visits and assist in resolving technical issues
• Identify training requirements and provide guidance to Quality Inspectors
• Coordinate the inspection team and inspection processes across the Group

Continuous Improvement

• You'll also be responsible for helping drive quality improvements by:
• Following company policies, procedures and quality standards
• Promoting 6S and FOD awareness
• Reducing product claims and customer queries
• Maintaining accurate product and technical databases
• Ensuring high standards of product inspection throughout the business
• Keeping customers and colleagues informed throughout the resolution of quality-related issues

About You

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with excellent organisational and communication skills.

Ideally, you'll have:

Previous experience within a manufacturing or engineering quality environment

Knowledge of fasteners and precision measuring equipment (preferred)

Experience using structured problem-solving techniques such as 8D, 5 Why and Ishikawa (Fishbone) analysis

Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel

Experience using CAD software (preferred)

Excellent attention to detail

A practical, hands-on approach to problem solving

Good understanding of manufacturing processes

Confidence working with customers, suppliers and cross-functional teams

What's on Offer?

Competitive salary of £40,000 - £50,000, depending on experience

Flexible working hours (8:30am - 5:00pm with flexibility)

24 days annual leave plus bank holidays

International exposure through collaboration with global teams

Supportive working environment with opportunities for professional development

If you're passionate about quality, continuous improvement and engineering excellence, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to become part of a business where quality is at the heart of everything we do.