Supplier Quality Engineer
Posted on Jul 17, 2026 by CV-Library
South Shields, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
Engineering
Immediate Start
£45k - £50k Annual
Full-Time
We're Hiring | Supplier Quality Engineer
📍 South Shields
💼 Full Time | Permanent
Are you passionate about quality, continuous improvement, and building strong supplier relationships? Do you thrive in an engineering environment where your work has a direct impact on product performance and customer satisfaction?
We're looking for an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to help drive quality excellence across a global supply chain. This is an exciting opportunity to work with suppliers across the UK and internationally, ensuring the highest standards of quality while supporting innovative engineering solutions.
What you'll be doing
As our Supplier Quality Engineer, you'll be the key link between the business and its suppliers, ensuring components and materials consistently meet the highest quality standards. You'll work closely with suppliers and internal teams to:
✅ Conduct supplier audits and performance assessments
✅ Approve quality documentation including PPAPs, FMEAs and Control Plans
✅ Investigate and resolve supplier quality issues using CAPA and 8D methodologies
✅ Drive continuous improvement using Lean and Six Sigma principles
✅ Monitor supplier performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and reduce defects
✅ Support incoming inspection activities and ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements
✅ Collaborate with colleagues across UK operations and an international manufacturing facility to drive consistency and best practice
About You
You'll be an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering quality at every stage of the supply chain.
You'll ideally have:
✔ Experience in supplier quality within manufacturing or engineering
✔ Knowledge of ISO 9001 and core quality tools including PPAP, FMEA, SPC and 8D
✔ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
✔ Strong communication skills with the confidence to influence suppliers and stakeholders
✔ A relevant Engineering or Quality qualification
✔ Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable)
✔ Experience within bearings, heavy engineering or project-based manufacturing (advantageous)
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a well-established engineering manufacturer where quality is at the heart of everything. You'll play a key role in improving supplier performance, influencing quality standards across the supply chain, and contributing to products used in demanding industrial applications worldwide.
Benefits
⭐ Competitive salary
⭐ Enhanced pension scheme
⭐ Holiday Buy & Sell scheme
⭐ Car scheme
⭐ Training & career development opportunities
⭐ Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing App
📩 Interested? Apply today or contact us for a confidential conversation.
Know someone who'd be a great fit? Tag them below or share this post with your network.
#Hiring #SupplierQualityEngineer #QualityEngineering #ManufacturingJobs #EngineeringCareers #SouthShields #NorthEastJobs #LeanManufacturing #SixSigma #ISO9001
📍 South Shields
💼 Full Time | Permanent
Are you passionate about quality, continuous improvement, and building strong supplier relationships? Do you thrive in an engineering environment where your work has a direct impact on product performance and customer satisfaction?
We're looking for an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to help drive quality excellence across a global supply chain. This is an exciting opportunity to work with suppliers across the UK and internationally, ensuring the highest standards of quality while supporting innovative engineering solutions.
What you'll be doing
As our Supplier Quality Engineer, you'll be the key link between the business and its suppliers, ensuring components and materials consistently meet the highest quality standards. You'll work closely with suppliers and internal teams to:
✅ Conduct supplier audits and performance assessments
✅ Approve quality documentation including PPAPs, FMEAs and Control Plans
✅ Investigate and resolve supplier quality issues using CAPA and 8D methodologies
✅ Drive continuous improvement using Lean and Six Sigma principles
✅ Monitor supplier performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and reduce defects
✅ Support incoming inspection activities and ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements
✅ Collaborate with colleagues across UK operations and an international manufacturing facility to drive consistency and best practice
About You
You'll be an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering quality at every stage of the supply chain.
You'll ideally have:
✔ Experience in supplier quality within manufacturing or engineering
✔ Knowledge of ISO 9001 and core quality tools including PPAP, FMEA, SPC and 8D
✔ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
✔ Strong communication skills with the confidence to influence suppliers and stakeholders
✔ A relevant Engineering or Quality qualification
✔ Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable)
✔ Experience within bearings, heavy engineering or project-based manufacturing (advantageous)
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a well-established engineering manufacturer where quality is at the heart of everything. You'll play a key role in improving supplier performance, influencing quality standards across the supply chain, and contributing to products used in demanding industrial applications worldwide.
Benefits
⭐ Competitive salary
⭐ Enhanced pension scheme
⭐ Holiday Buy & Sell scheme
⭐ Car scheme
⭐ Training & career development opportunities
⭐ Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing App
📩 Interested? Apply today or contact us for a confidential conversation.
Know someone who'd be a great fit? Tag them below or share this post with your network.
#Hiring #SupplierQualityEngineer #QualityEngineering #ManufacturingJobs #EngineeringCareers #SouthShields #NorthEastJobs #LeanManufacturing #SixSigma #ISO9001
Reference: 225383291
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Supplier Quality Engineer
Posted on Jul 17, 2026 by CV-Library
South Shields, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
Engineering
Immediate Start
£45k - £50k Annual
Full-Time
We're Hiring | Supplier Quality Engineer
📍 South Shields
💼 Full Time | Permanent
Are you passionate about quality, continuous improvement, and building strong supplier relationships? Do you thrive in an engineering environment where your work has a direct impact on product performance and customer satisfaction?
We're looking for an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to help drive quality excellence across a global supply chain. This is an exciting opportunity to work with suppliers across the UK and internationally, ensuring the highest standards of quality while supporting innovative engineering solutions.
What you'll be doing
As our Supplier Quality Engineer, you'll be the key link between the business and its suppliers, ensuring components and materials consistently meet the highest quality standards. You'll work closely with suppliers and internal teams to:
✅ Conduct supplier audits and performance assessments
✅ Approve quality documentation including PPAPs, FMEAs and Control Plans
✅ Investigate and resolve supplier quality issues using CAPA and 8D methodologies
✅ Drive continuous improvement using Lean and Six Sigma principles
✅ Monitor supplier performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and reduce defects
✅ Support incoming inspection activities and ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements
✅ Collaborate with colleagues across UK operations and an international manufacturing facility to drive consistency and best practice
About You
You'll be an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering quality at every stage of the supply chain.
You'll ideally have:
✔ Experience in supplier quality within manufacturing or engineering
✔ Knowledge of ISO 9001 and core quality tools including PPAP, FMEA, SPC and 8D
✔ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
✔ Strong communication skills with the confidence to influence suppliers and stakeholders
✔ A relevant Engineering or Quality qualification
✔ Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable)
✔ Experience within bearings, heavy engineering or project-based manufacturing (advantageous)
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a well-established engineering manufacturer where quality is at the heart of everything. You'll play a key role in improving supplier performance, influencing quality standards across the supply chain, and contributing to products used in demanding industrial applications worldwide.
Benefits
⭐ Competitive salary
⭐ Enhanced pension scheme
⭐ Holiday Buy & Sell scheme
⭐ Car scheme
⭐ Training & career development opportunities
⭐ Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing App
📩 Interested? Apply today or contact us for a confidential conversation.
Know someone who'd be a great fit? Tag them below or share this post with your network.
#Hiring #SupplierQualityEngineer #QualityEngineering #ManufacturingJobs #EngineeringCareers #SouthShields #NorthEastJobs #LeanManufacturing #SixSigma #ISO9001
📍 South Shields
💼 Full Time | Permanent
Are you passionate about quality, continuous improvement, and building strong supplier relationships? Do you thrive in an engineering environment where your work has a direct impact on product performance and customer satisfaction?
We're looking for an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to help drive quality excellence across a global supply chain. This is an exciting opportunity to work with suppliers across the UK and internationally, ensuring the highest standards of quality while supporting innovative engineering solutions.
What you'll be doing
As our Supplier Quality Engineer, you'll be the key link between the business and its suppliers, ensuring components and materials consistently meet the highest quality standards. You'll work closely with suppliers and internal teams to:
✅ Conduct supplier audits and performance assessments
✅ Approve quality documentation including PPAPs, FMEAs and Control Plans
✅ Investigate and resolve supplier quality issues using CAPA and 8D methodologies
✅ Drive continuous improvement using Lean and Six Sigma principles
✅ Monitor supplier performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and reduce defects
✅ Support incoming inspection activities and ensure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements
✅ Collaborate with colleagues across UK operations and an international manufacturing facility to drive consistency and best practice
About You
You'll be an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering quality at every stage of the supply chain.
You'll ideally have:
✔ Experience in supplier quality within manufacturing or engineering
✔ Knowledge of ISO 9001 and core quality tools including PPAP, FMEA, SPC and 8D
✔ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
✔ Strong communication skills with the confidence to influence suppliers and stakeholders
✔ A relevant Engineering or Quality qualification
✔ Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable)
✔ Experience within bearings, heavy engineering or project-based manufacturing (advantageous)
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a well-established engineering manufacturer where quality is at the heart of everything. You'll play a key role in improving supplier performance, influencing quality standards across the supply chain, and contributing to products used in demanding industrial applications worldwide.
Benefits
⭐ Competitive salary
⭐ Enhanced pension scheme
⭐ Holiday Buy & Sell scheme
⭐ Car scheme
⭐ Training & career development opportunities
⭐ Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing App
📩 Interested? Apply today or contact us for a confidential conversation.
Know someone who'd be a great fit? Tag them below or share this post with your network.
#Hiring #SupplierQualityEngineer #QualityEngineering #ManufacturingJobs #EngineeringCareers #SouthShields #NorthEastJobs #LeanManufacturing #SixSigma #ISO9001
Reference: 225383291
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