Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Fareham, Hampshire
Salary: £40,000–£45,000 + up to 10% bonus
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday | Flexible hybrid working possible
Employment Type: Permanent

About the Role

An exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join a leading technology manufacturing operation specialising in engineered systems for critical, certified, and challenging environments.

You’ll play an integral part in upholding product and process quality, collaborating with skilled teams in production, engineering, and supply chain to exceed customer expectations.

Key Responsibilities

- Maintain and improve production workmanship and inspection standards (including IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620).
- Conduct inspections, including first article reports, analyse production rework, and drive root cause investigations.
- Ensure corrective actions are implemented effectively and documented.
- Serve as the key interface for customer complaints, audits, and non-conformance, managing product recalls and field upgrades as required.
- Participate in product design reviews, validate and verify at key stages, support new product introduction (NPI) teams.
- Support supplier quality activities: assess, monitor, and measure supplier performance; investigate and resolve supplier non-conformances.
- Maintain quality management system documentation, perform internal audits, and liaise with external certification auditors (ISO9001, ISO14001).
- Champion continuous improvement using quality tools (8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, value stream mapping).

Key Requirements

- Experience as a Quality Engineer in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong inspection background of electrical, electronic, and/or mechanical assemblies/components to technical drawings/specs.
- Proven skills in root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
- Familiarity with internal auditing and ISO9001/Iso14001 systems; experience with Defence Standards is advantageous.
- Skilled in interpreting engineering drawings and using metrology tools (micrometer, vernier, etc.).
- Effective communicator with ability to engage suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders.
- Adaptable, process-driven, high attention to detail, and comfortable in a fast-moving SME.
- Eligibility for BPSS security clearance and to work in the UK is essential.

To find out more please contact Max Sinclair max@holtengineering.co.uk