Project & Quality Engineer in Market Harborough

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience, with benefits.

Additional benefits: Discretionary bonus, 25 days annual leave rising to 28 days after 10 years’ service + Public Holidays, Company Pension, Life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme.

About the H. W. Martin Group: The Martin Group of Companies (est. 1976) provide specialist services to the construction and waste recycling industries, through a trained and certificated workforce of over 1,600 delivering works and support services from design, through to build and onward maintenance. With a turnover of more than £300m and a fleet of over 500 vehicles we are a major contributor in our fields of expertise.

The Role: The King Group is experiencing exceptional growth within our specialist projects division. To support this growth, we are looking for an exceptionally talented project and quality engineer who can take ownership of delivering key projects for our military and nuclear customers.

What You’ll Do:

• Own project quality, reporting and delivery governance for specialist projects, ensuring strict adherence to contractual, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Plan and manage build execution with engineering, purchasing and production; track milestones, risks and cost/quality impacts.
• Create fully costed project plans, quality plans, inspection and test plans, define first article inspection requirements, flow down customer contractual requirements, ensure conformance to hold/witness points and coordinate inspections with customers and suppliers.
• Develop and produce procedures, work instructions, O&M manuals, inspection reports and technical documentation necessary to meet contractual requirements.
• Coordinate welding, inspection and NDT requirements through internal and, where required, external specialists.
• Perform hands‑on shop‑floor inspections, including incoming, in-process, first article and final inspection of fabricated, machined, assembled and coated/painted products. This will include travel to subcontractors where required.
• Lead and coach RCA and CAPA using structured methods such as 5‑Whys, Ishikawa and 8D; verify effectiveness and embed lessons learned.
• Compile lifetime record packs, quality dossiers and project close‑out evidence to demonstrate compliance with contract and quality standards.
• Support continuous improvement across production, supplier quality and project delivery, including actions from external assessments, customer audits, and supporting the HSEQ manager with the implementation of AQAP 2110 & ISO 3834-2.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• Ability and willingness to meet the nationality, residency, right-to-work and background-check requirements necessary to obtain and maintain UK security clearance for defence and/or nuclear projects.
• Education: Mechanical engineering degree or equivalent with substantial experience in mechanical, manufacturing, fabrication or heavy engineering.
• Experience: Proven experience delivering complex projects in military/aerospace/nuclear or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Quality Management: Strong working knowledge of quality/military/aerospace management system.
• Technical: Strong technical writing, document control, data handling and the ability to turn standards, drawings and customer requirements into practical shop‑floor inspection and production controls.
• Auditing: ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor.
• Welding Standards: Working knowledge of ISO 15614 and ISO 9606, experience of NDT and weld inspection would be highly beneficial.
• IT: Excellent IT skills and data literacy; organised, methodical, finisher-completer who can juggle multiple improvement projects.

Why Join the King Group? We’re investing in people and infrastructure to scale our military and nuclear programmes. Real autonomy and backing from Directors and the HSEQ Manager to implement change, you’ll see the impact of your work. Ongoing external training and professional development; we grow our people as we grow the business.

Next Steps: If you are looking for a new challenge and feel you have the skills, education and enthusiasm required to undertake this vital role, please submit your CV or use our application form below and submit your details. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from any suitably qualified persons.