Quality Engineer
2 days ago
Scunthorpe
Elevation Recruitment Group are delighted to be supporting a leading manufacturing business in Scunthorpe as they look to recruit a Quality Engineer to join their Building Products division. \n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced quality professional who enjoys combining hands-on quality assurance with team leadership and continuous improvement. Working closely with Production, Maintenance and the Process & Site Compliance Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring products consistently meet the highest quality standards while driving improvements across the manufacturing operation. \n As Quality Engineer, you'll take ownership of day-to-day quality activities across the manufacturing facility, supporting laboratory testing, leading quality investigations and helping to develop a proactive quality culture. You'll also provide guidance to Quality Technicians and act as a deputy to the Process & Site Compliance Manager when required. \n This is a varied role offering the opportunity to influence quality performance, support customer requirements and contribute to ongoing business improvement initiatives. Key duties & responsibilities: \n\n • Coordinate daily quality activities and support the Quality Technician team\n, • Carry out and oversee laboratory testing including tensile, FTIR, MFI, DSC, heat ageing, reversion, ring stiffness and raw material testing\n, • Conduct regular production line audits, identifying and resolving quality issues\n, • Investigate non-conformances, customer complaints and root causes, implementing effective corrective actions\n, • Produce quality reports, analyse trends and communicate findings across the business\n, • Maintain calibration schedules and ensure all laboratory equipment remains compliant\n, • Support ISO 9001 compliance through robust documentation and adherence to quality procedures\n, • Work collaboratively with Production and Maintenance to improve product quality and reduce repeat issues\n, • Coordinate BSI Kitemark testing, including sample selection, documentation and submission\n, • Support continuous improvement initiatives across quality and manufacturing\n, • Deliver training and coaching on quality standards, testing methods and best practice\n, • Ensure traceability, stock checks and raw material verification processes are maintained\n, • Represent the business during customer visits and technical discussions when required\n, • Provide cover for the Process & Site Compliance Manager in their absence\nI'm keen to speak to Quality Technician's/Engineers with the following skillset: \n We're looking for an experienced manufacturing quality professional who enjoys solving problems, improving processes and working collaboratively across production environments. \n You'll ideally have: \n\n • Previous experience within a Quality Engineer, Quality Supervisor or similar manufacturing quality role\n, • Experience investigating quality issues using structured problem-solving techniques\n, • Good knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems\n, • Experience supervising, mentoring or coaching colleagues\n, • Strong communication skills with the confidence to engage across all levels of the business\n, • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail\n, • Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and quality data management systems\n, • A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement\n, • Career development opportunities within a successful manufacturing organisation\n\n
Winterton Road, DN15, Scunthorpe
