Quality Engineer in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)

Quality Engineer

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience.
Working Hours: Full-time, 42 hours per week.
Location: Multi-site role, covering two manufacturing facilities.
Reporting To: Quality Manager.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer to join a busy manufacturing environment, playing a key role in maintaining and improving product quality across two manufacturing sites.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a strong background in quality engineering, ideally within a foundry or metal manufacturing environment, to take ownership of quality improvement initiatives and help drive a culture of continuous improvement.

Working closely with production, engineering, management and customer-facing teams, you will be responsible for monitoring quality performance, analysing manufacturing data, identifying root causes of defects and implementing effective corrective actions.

The successful candidate will help ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet customer expectations, industry standards and internal quality requirements, with a particular focus on high-integrity ductile iron castings.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS) across both manufacturing sites.

• Monitor manufacturing and product quality performance, using data analysis to identify trends, recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.

• Investigate internal and external quality issues, carrying out root cause analysis and implementing effective corrective and preventative actions.

• Work closely with production and foundry teams to improve process controls, reduce casting defects and minimise manufacturing variability.

• Maintain and review control plans, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other quality documentation.

• Ensure quality requirements are incorporated into process changes, new materials, supplier approvals and product development activities.

• Maintain calibration records and ensure measuring and inspection equipment is appropriately controlled.

• Conduct internal quality audits and support external certification audits, customer assessments and supplier audits.

• Liaise with customers and Tier 1 suppliers regarding quality concerns, providing updates, analysis and improvement plans.

• Monitor and report internal and external rejection rates, ensuring quality performance is communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders.

• Support new product introduction and product development activities, ensuring quality requirements are considered throughout the process.

• Promote Statistical Process Control (SPC), continuous improvement and best practice manufacturing methods.

• Support training and development activities, helping employees understand and take ownership of their quality responsibilities.

Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous experience in a Quality Engineer or similar quality-focused engineering role.

• Strong technical knowledge of foundry manufacturing processes and production controls.

• Experience working with high-integrity ductile iron castings would be highly advantageous.

• Good knowledge of Quality Management Systems and relevant quality standards.

• Experience carrying out root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventative actions.

• Knowledge of quality tools, process controls and statistical analysis techniques.

• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to work with employees, management, customers and suppliers at all levels.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple quality-related activities.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support the Quality Manager with certification requirements, quality policies and procedures.

• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiency, reduce scrap and minimise quality-related costs.

• Assist with customer visits, quality presentations and the management of customer-specific requirements.

• Develop and maintain quality documentation, including inspection procedures, one-point lessons and standard work instructions.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a confident, technically capable and proactive Quality Engineer who is passionate about improving manufacturing standards and driving a quality-first culture.

You will be comfortable working across multiple departments and manufacturing sites, communicating with employees at all levels and challenging existing processes where improvements can be made.

A strong foundry background, particularly involving ductile iron casting processes, is highly desirable. Candidates should have the technical ability to investigate complex quality issues, identify root causes and implement sustainable improvements.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced quality professional to play an important role in improving manufacturing performance, strengthening customer relationships and driving continuous improvement across a multi-site operation.

If you have a strong quality engineering background and the drive to improve manufacturing processes, product quality and customer satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.