At a Glance
- Tasks: Champion supplier development and resolve quality issues in a dynamic engineering environment.
- Company: Leading automotive manufacturing firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Almost fully remote role, competitive pay, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team and enhance your career in a fast-paced industry.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring top-notch quality in the supply chain.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering and problem-solving skills required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
- Supplier Quality Engineer Darlington - This is an almost fully remote role 6-12 Month
- Contract
Sector: Engineering Advanced Manufacturing (Automotive / Heavy Industrial)We are seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to champion our supplier development, APQP/PPAP processes, and cross-functional engineering partnerships across our Europe region (focusing on Global 7 Activities).
Sitting at the critical intersection of Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Engineering, you will play a vital role in preventing quality issues before they happen and solving them instantly when they do.
The
Role: As our Supplier Quality Engineer, you will combine your technical problem-solving skills with a partner-first mindset to elevate our supply base.
Your day-to-day will split between proactive engineering planning and high-impact, hands-on quality resolution.
Key
Responsibilities: Work seamlessly with VPI program leads to issue APQP projects to suppliers.
Manage monthly metrics, update the tracker, and lead formal performance reviews.
Act as the first line of defense for build quality issues.
Collaborate with internal quality leads to investigate emerging issues, establish immediate containment/sorting fixes, and align with suppliers on long-term resolution.
Own quality FIRGs (steps 3–7) and drive robust root-cause analyses to closure in the RV S system.
