Supplier Quality Engineer

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Overview

Are you passionate about driving supplier excellence and ensuring quality across complex manufacturing environments? Our client, a trusted supplier to the defence sector, is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their high-performing team in Gosport. This is a key role focused on supplier assurance, compliance, and continuous improvement within a fast-paced, regulated industry.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Product Assurance: Ensure supplier compliance with customer and regulatory requirements, including process controls, certifications, and qualifications.
  • Root Cause Analysis: Lead investigations into non-conformances using structured problem-solving tools such as 8D and Ishikawa.
  • Documentation Review: Approve release documentation including Certificates of Conformance (CofC) and First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR).
  • NPI Support: Actively contribute to New Product Introduction (NPI) gated processes.
  • Supplier Audits: Conduct audits, appraisals, and manage supplier approvals.
  • Contract Review: Support the review and validation of technical and quality requirements in contracts.
  • Performance Reporting: Collate and present KPIs for internal business reviews.
  • Quality Culture: Champion continuous improvement and promote quality awareness across the organisation.

What You'll Bring

  • Lead Auditor certification (internal and supplier auditing).
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt qualification.
  • Solid experience in AS9100-compliant production and project environments.
  • Proven ability in managing non-conformances and applying quality engineering tools.
  • Strong communication skills - able to convey technical information clearly to suppliers, internal teams, and customers.
  • Confident in presenting root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Why Join?

  • Work with a respected defence manufacturer on mission-critical projects.
  • Be part of a collaborative and quality-driven team.
  • Opportunity to influence supplier performance and drive real change.

Due to the nature of their business this role requires a high level of security clearance and you should be eligible for SC as a minimum - please contact me for further details.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Location:
Gosport
Category:
Management & Operations, Engineering

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