Quality Engineer

Job title: Quality Engineer

Location: Newcastle - Parsons Works, Shields Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2UT

Contract length: 6 months fixed contract

Rate: £20-27/hour PAYE

Work Hour: standard hours 37.5/week

Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services are currently recruiting a Quality Lead working on behalf of a leading Energy services company.

As a Quality Lead within our Digital Grid Panel Build team, you will drive operational quality standards and foster a culture of continuous improvement. You'll lead a team in managing inspections, non-conformance issues, and process audits to ensure customer expectations are exceeded. Your day will involve working with cross-functional teams to develop inspection methods, support production, and champion best practices.. Some of other duties include;

• Lead operational quality control for the building of Control and Protection Panels, ensuring compliance with company standards and customer specifications.

• Manage quality inspections, documentation, and certification processes for component release.

• Investigate non-conformances and drive corrective and preventative actions with root cause analysis and lessons learned reviews.

• Support panel manufacturing by defining inspection requirements, geometric tolerances, and pre-production quality standards.

• Improve skills and competencies across the team, maintaining training matrices and facilitating continuous development.

• Ensure compliance and manage calibration, quality equipment to enhance inspection capability.

• Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure consistent quality and process improvements.

Preferred Skills for the role:

• HND in a relevant electrical engineering discipline or equivalent industry experience.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with a strong understanding of inspection and component features.

• Proficient Quality Management Systems in mechanical and electrical inspection methods.

• At least 2 years of leadership or people management experience.

• Strong communication, team coordination, and mentoring skills.

• Computer literate with familiarity in quality systems and documentation.

• Proactive mindset with experience supporting lean initiatives and driving continuous improvement