Senior Quality Engineer in Stratford-upon-Avon

Owen Daneils are a leading engineering and manufacturing business is looking to appoint an experienced

Quality Engineer to join its growing quality team in the Stratford-upon-Avon area.

This is a hands-on quality engineering position suited to someone with experience in aerospace, precision engineering or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.

The role will involve working closely with production, engineering, suppliers and customers to resolve quality issues and ensure products and processes consistently meet required standards.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working on the shop floor as well as producing detailed quality documentation and reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support

8D investigations for internal, supplier and customer quality issues.

• Carry out structured

5 Why, Fishbone/Ishikawa and root cause analysis .

• Develop and implement effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Prepare, review and approve

FAIRs (First Article Inspection Reports) in accordance with customer and aerospace requirements.

• Support the introduction of new products through

First Article Inspection and production approval processes .

• Review engineering drawings, specifications and customer requirements to establish appropriate inspection and quality requirements.
• Support

PFMEA, Control Plans and process risk assessments .

• Investigate non-conforming product, identifying appropriate containment, rework and corrective actions.
• Work directly with production and engineering teams to identify and eliminate recurring quality problems.
• Monitor quality performance, trends, scrap, rework and customer complaints.
• Conduct internal, process and product audits.
• Support supplier quality activities, including investigation of supplier non-conformances.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers on technical and quality-related issues where required.
• Ensure corrective actions are implemented, documented and verified for effectiveness.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing and inspection processes.
• Maintain accurate quality records and produce clear technical reports.

About You

We are looking for a practical, technically minded Quality Engineer who enjoys solving problems at source.

You should be confident challenging processes, investigating defects and working with engineering and production teams to establish the true root cause rather than simply dealing with the immediate symptom.

• Previous experience as a

Quality Engineer within aerospace, precision engineering or a similarly regulated manufacturing environment.

• Strong practical experience with

8D and 5 Why problem solving .

• Experience producing and reviewing

FAIRs / First Article Inspection Reports .

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and GD&T .
• Experience with non-conformance management and corrective actions.
• Good understanding of

PFMEA, Control Plans and process risk management .

• Experience conducting internal/process audits.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and inspection processes.
• Good analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Confident communicating with production, engineering, suppliers and customers.
• Knowledge of

AS9100 and aerospace quality requirements.

• Familiarity with

First Article Inspection requirements.

• Experience with

PPAP / APQP or equivalent product introduction processes.

• Experience working with CNC machining, fabrication, assembly or other precision manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of

GD&T and measurement techniques .

• Experience with supplier quality and customer complaint resolution.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Relevant engineering or quality qualification.
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