Full time

Quality Engineer

Pertemps Redditch Industrial

Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 8ER

£43000 - £45000 per annum

Posted: 03 September 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Closing date: 03 October 2026

Ref: 60815303

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About the Role

Pertemps Redditch Industrial seeks a Quality Engineer for a leading manufacturer of small pressings, stampings, and wire forms serving aerospace, defence, and medical sectors. Based in Redditch, this full-time, days-only role (Monday to Friday) offers £43,000–£45,000 annually. Benefits comprise life assurance at twice salary, an employee assistance programme, social events, and a cycle-to-work scheme. Responsibilities include identifying quality issues, process weaknesses, and permanent defect prevention opportunities. You will lead internal 8D investigations for internal, customer, and supplier non-conformances, ensuring root cause analysis and corrective actions. Applying tools such as 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone analysis, and mistake proofing, you will collaborate with production teams to eliminate defects.

The client is a renowned and leading manufacturer of small pressings, stampings and wire forms for numerous industry sectors including aerospace, defence and medical.
They are seeking to recruit a Quality Engineer for their busy operations in the Redditch area.
The role is on Days – Monday to Friday
Salary up to £45k.
Benefits include – 2 x salary life insurance, employee assistance program, company social events, cycle to work scheme
Duties and key responsibilities;

Identify quality issues, process weakness and opportunities for permanent defect prevention.
Lead internal 8D investigations for internal, customer and supplier non-conformances, ensuring non cause analysis and corrective actions.
Apply 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone analysis and mistake proofing to eliminate defects.
Work with production and engineering teams to implement process improvements and verify that corrective actions are effective and sustained.
Investigate, document and drive timely closure of internal, supplier, and customer non-conformance, ensuring the address of root cause.
Develop and maintain working knowledge of ISO9001, AS9100, NADCAP requirements and nominated customer specifications relevant to the role.
Support NADCAP heat treatment compliance, process controls, and audit readiness, including preparation for third party audits.
Support tensile testing activities, review results, assessment of customer requirements and escalation of any concerns.

Experience and skills required

Previous working experience of working as a quality engineer within a production/manufacturing environment.
Ability to interpret technical drawings, customer specifications and quality requirements.
Practical experience of root cause analysis methods such as 8D, Fishbone & 5 Whys.
Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to prevention of defects.
Commitment to continuous improvements and to develop a strong quality culture.
Computer literate – including Microsoft Word and Excel.
Experience within a pressings or spring environment is desirable.
Working knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100 & NADCAP is advantageous.

The role is based in Redditch so would easily be commutable from Brimingham, Bromsgrove, Solihull, Dudley, Alcester, Worcester, Droitwich, West Bromwich, Stratford upon Avon.
This role is being advertised on behalf of Pertemps who operate as a recruitment agency.

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