We are supporting an engineering defence contractor to appoint a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer who will take the lead on supplier quality assurance and continuous improvement across The Company’s Group Procurement and Supply Chain function. It’s a role with real impact, offering scope to build your expertise across complex engineering supply chains while developing your career in a performance‑driven, inclusive organisation.
  
Rate:                    £44.3k per annum + benefits
Location:             various locations- hybrid working (Bristol, Leicester, Plymouth, Rosyth, Portsmouth, Cheltenham, Salisbury, Warrington and others)
Duration:             permanent, full-time
Hours:                 37.5 hours per week;
Requirements:     Candidates must have lived and worked in the UK for the past five years.

  
Day-to-day, you’ll raise standards, reduce risk and drive “right‑first‑time” delivery of mission‑critical goods and services contributing to projects that protect national security and public infrastructure.

• Audit suppliers on site to verify compliance with contractual and quality requirements and support effective flow‑down of those requirements.
• Approve supplier documentation (e.g., Inspection & Test Plans), witness control points and oversee special process approvals and source releases.
• Lead investigations into non‑conformance, identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions that stick.
• Drive lean and continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers to optimise quality, cost, delivery and schedule performance.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure product conformity and robust assurance throughout the lifecycle.

  
Essential experience of the Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

• Quality Management experience within an engineering environment.
• Proficient in the application of lean and continuous improvement principles.
• Proficient in conducting quality investigations.

  
Desired Qualifications:

• Relevant Level 5 qualification or demonstrable experience in a relevant engineering/scientific discipline and a Level 4 qualification.

  
Benefits:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment