Full time Permanent

Quality Engineer

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Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2LE

Excellent salary + benefits

Posted: 15 September 2026 (Today)

Closing date: 15 October 2026

Ref: 60904071

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About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Quality Engineer, this permanent, full-time Quality Engineer post sits within a global automotive manufacturer's Burton upon Trent plant. Duties include analysing customer returns, concerns and defects, preparing and maintaining control plans for components and finished products, and performing capability studies alongside process audits. The successful candidate will apply core Quality tools such as PPS, A3, Ishikawa, Is/Is Not, Mini Tab and 5Why, support continuous improvement of Operator Description Sheets, and lead problem-solving teams conducting root cause analysis on plant and customer issues. An excellent salary plus benefits is offered for this role, which also requires understanding of supplier requirements.

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