Role: Quality Engineer - Production

Location: Birmingham Airport

Role Type: 15 months - initially

Salary: Up to £33 an hour, depending on experience

Role Overview:

Our globally renowned aerospace client is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Production Engineer to support the E-7 Wedgetail flight test phase. This position sits within the Fixed Wing Quality team and reports to the Fixed Wing Quality Manager. The role focuses on providing quality assurance, inspection oversight, and compliance support throughout the flight test process, ensuring adherence to company, contractual, and regulatory standards.

The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert (SME) for quality assurance, supporting on- site flight test activities and maintaining close alignment with production operations at Birmingham Airport and test programmes at RAF Lossiemouth and MOD Boscombe Down.

Key Responsibilities:

* Conduct quality inspections, internal audits, and line stock checks in line with the client’s quality procedures and audit plans.

* Support quality assurance processes during the flight test phase, ensuring compliance with design, customer, and regulatory requirements.

* Review and contribute to Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and local safety investigations.

* Maintain and validate work instructions, tooling requirements, certifications, and process standards.

* Identify non-conformances, recommend corrective actions, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

* Participate in quality reviews for proposals, contracts, and customer requirements to ensure early quality involvement.

* Analyse process data, customer feedback, and audit findings to formulate preventive and corrective action plans.

* Represent Quality at design reviews and facilitate a strong Just Culture within the client’s Maintenance and Production organisation.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

* Eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC).

* Minimum of 3 years’ experience in aviation quality assurance, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.

* Proven experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS) and production environments.

* Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with high attention to detail.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

* Degree-level qualification (or equivalent experience).

* Working knowledge of MAA, CAA, and EASA regulations (Part 145, Part M, Part 21).

* Experience in flight testing, operational maintenance, or production environments.

* Familiarity with OEM aerospace processes and procedures and experience with data analytics tools.

* A customer-focused, dependable, and adaptable professional with strong teamwork and decision-making abilities.

Note: Sadly, sponsorship cannot be provided