Compliance Quality & Environmental Engineer

Our client is a well-established global manufacturer, supplying OEMs and distributors across a wide range of markets including automotive, industrial, agriculture, marine, heavy truck, and construction. Part of a larger international group, they operate manufacturing facilities across the US, Europe, Asia, and here in the UK at their Warwick site - which is where this role is based.

This is a newly created position, so it's a genuine opportunity to come in and shape something from the ground up rather than just maintain the status quo.

The Role

Reporting to the Global Director of Quality, you'll be the compliance specialist for the Warwick plant - the person everyone turns to when it comes to quality management systems, environmental compliance, product material regulations, and audits. It's a broad, hands-on role that touches pretty much every part of the business, and you'll need to be comfortable owning processes end-to-end.

Interpreting, maintaining, and developing the site's ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems is at the core of what you'll be doing - making sure they're properly embedded into day-to-day processes and keeping pace with any regulatory changes, with IATF 16949 requirements also in scope.

Managing product material compliance is another significant part of the role - administering and submitting material declarations covering REACH, RoHS, Prop 65, EPA (TSCA), PFAS, and Conflict Minerals among others. You'll be planning and submitting IMDS entries, keeping everything aligned with BOM engineering changes, and managing customer-specific compliance portals to ensure submissions are always on time and error-free.

You'll also be the lead on all things audit - preparing for and hosting third-party and customer compliance audits, coordinating internal audits, publishing findings, and driving corrective and preventive actions through to closure.

Beyond those core pillars, the role also covers:

• Collecting, analysing, and reporting on the site's Quality and ESG KPIs
• Working with Health & Safety on chemical inventories, exposure controls, and handling requirements across the plant
• Supporting NPI projects at design review stage - material selection, restricted substances, documentation needs
• Ensuring product labels, packaging, and documentation meet CE and UKCA requirements
• Collecting and validating supplier material declarations and certifications
• Maintaining a compliance risk register and driving mitigation plans
• Scheduling and conducting Quality and Environmental Management Reviews
• Conducting Environmental Site Walk Audits

What They're Looking For

A degree in an engineering discipline - Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, or Manufacturing - is required, along with solid hands-on experience in quality and/or environmental engineering within a manufacturing environment.

You'll need a good working knowledge of ISO 9001 and ideally IATF 16949 based quality systems, along with a sound understanding of ISO 14001 and environmental compliance principles. Familiarity with product material compliance regulations - REACH, RoHS, IMDS and the like - will put you in a strong position.

On the preferred side, they'd love to see ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and/or IATF 16949 Lead or Internal Auditor certification, NPI experience, AQC or CQE certification, and APQP awareness - though these aren't dealbreakers if the core experience is there.

Just as important as the technical knowledge is the ability to manage a busy and varied workload, communicate clearly across departments, think analytically, and stay organised under pressure. This is very much a cross-functional role and you'll be working with people at all levels of the business on a daily basis.

In Return

£41,000 per annum, working full-time on-site at the Warwick facility 25 days holiday +8, joining a close-knit Quality team with a clear reporting line and genuine scope to develop the role over time.