Senior Quality Engineer in South East

Senior Quality Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 + excellent benefits Hybrid Working | West Sussex, South East England | Defence Engineering Sector

We are supporting a well-established UK engineering and technology organisation operating within the defence sector as they look to appoint a Senior Quality Engineer to join their growing quality team.

This is an opportunity to join a business delivering complex, high-value products within a highly regulated environment, where quality is viewed as a key strategic function rather than simply a compliance activity.

Working closely with senior leadership, engineering, operations and customers, you'll take ownership of quality governance across a range of programmes, driving continuous improvement, supporting business-wide quality initiatives and acting as a trusted Quality SME.

The Opportunity

This role offers a broad remit and significant influence across the organisation. You'll play a key part in strengthening quality culture, improving systems and processes, supporting customer requirements and ensuring compliance across the product lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading improvements to the company's Quality Management System (QMS)
• Managing and supporting internal, supplier and external audit activities
• Driving root cause investigations and corrective actions for complex quality issues
• Supporting programme reviews, engineering reviews and key project milestones
• Providing quality guidance across engineering, manufacturing and supply chain functions
• Working closely with customers to resolve quality-related challenges
• Mentoring and supporting quality professionals across the business
• Identifying opportunities for continual improvement and operational excellence

What We're Looking For

We're keen to speak with quality professionals who can demonstrate:

• Experience within a Quality Engineer, Senior Quality Engineer, Quality Manager, Product Assurance or similar role
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems within an engineering or manufacturing environment
• Experience leading audits and driving compliance activities
• Proven root cause analysis and problem-solving capability (8D, 5 Why, RCA, Ishikawa etc.)
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive improvements across multiple departments
• Experience working within highly regulated industries

Particularly Interesting Backgrounds

Candidates from the following sectors are encouraged to apply:

• Defence
• Aerospace
• Marine
• Electronics
• Electro-mechanical manufacturing
• Safety-critical engineering
• Advanced manufacturing

What's On Offer?

• £45,000 - £55,000 salary
• Hybrid working arrangement
• Enhanced annual leave allowance
• Pension contribution scheme
• Ongoing professional development and training
• Long-term career progression within a growing engineering business
• Opportunity to work on technically challenging and meaningful programmes

If you're a quality professional looking for a position where you can genuinely influence quality standards, systems and business performance rather than simply maintain them, we'd be very interested in speaking with you.

For a confidential discussion or to apply, please get in touch.