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Step into an exciting new challenge with the Advanced Quality Engineer role, where quality strategy, supplier collaboration and customer-ready approvals come together in the automotive industry. If quality drive and continuous improvement energise the working day, this Advanced Quality Engineer position offers a real platform to influence new product introductions, support launch readiness, and help deliver products that meet demanding standards for premium vehicles.
What You Will Do:
– Coordinate APQP activities across all new product introductions for the Advanced Quality Engineer role.
– Control and track all APQP documentation through PPAP approval, ensuring customer submission dates are achieved.
– Execute PPAP submissions and manage Engineering Change requests for both customer and internal changes.
– Own project quality across project phases, acting as a single point of contact for customer project quality concerns.
– Oversee BEON/PPAP release status and contribute to lessons-learned workshops across the product range.
– Produce monthly PPAP/BEON status reports and escalate delays early when launch targets are at risk.
What You Will Bring:
– Significant experience in quality or project quality within a medium-volume manufacturing environment, ideally automotive.
– Strong APQP/PPAP exposure, including working knowledge of customer-specific PPAP requirements.
– Proven problem-solving capability using structured methodologies such as 8D, PPS, and advanced root cause analysis.
– Solid understanding of IMDS and experience working with customer and supplier stakeholders.
– IAFT 16949 auditing experience is essential, alongside confidence with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and tools such as Minitab.
This Advanced Quality Engineer role supports the company’s transformation into a world-class manufacturer by strengthening quality discipline across new programmes and launch readiness. The company designs and manufactures products for premium car makers, with a strong emphasis on high-performance technology, rigorous testing capability and clean-room manufacturing excellence. In this position, quality ownership and cross-functional collaboration help ensure releases meet customer expectations and quality targets.
Location:
The Advanced Quality Engineer role is based on-site in the Buckinghamshire, within a manufacturing environment where customer milestones and launch timelines are managed with precision.
Interested?:
If the Advanced Quality Engineer role sounds like the next step for our quality expertise and influence on real launch outcomes, apply now and take control of your next career move.
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