Quality Engineer

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Job Title: Quality Engineer

Salary: £49,500 - £61,800 depending on skills demonstrated / SG22

Contract: Full time & permanent

Location: Desford, Leicestershire

The Opportunity:

As a Quality Engineer, you will ensure materials, processes and products meet company and customer quality standards across all products and projects. The role focuses on auditing, quality data analysis and supporting Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) within a regulated environment. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to maintain the Quality Management System (QMS) and support ongoing quality improvement.

As a Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Perform audits across materials, processes and products to ensure conformance to company quality standards and customer requirements.

• Review internal and external non‑conformances, analyse trends and support Root Cause Corrective Action with internal teams, suppliers and customers.

• Conduct measurement systems analysis and analyse quality data to identify issues, risks and improvement opportunities, communicating findings clearly.

• Maintain accurate quality system documentation and records, ensuring compliance within the Quality Management System (QMS).

• Participate in and provide technical support for internal and external audits, including follow‑up, tracking and closure of corrective actions.

• Contribute to Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) activity focused on defect prevention, reduction in variation and waste.

• CPI Black Belt training will be provided.

Interview Process: Telephone interviews and on-site STAR interviews.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. 

What You Can Demonstrate:

Level Basic Understanding

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Uses a structured approach to review information, identify quality issues and make sound day‑to‑day decisions within agreed processes. Understands when to act independently and when to escalate or involve others.

• Project Management: Supports multiple quality‑related activities by planning tasks, tracking actions and understanding key milestones and deliverables.

Level Working Knowledge

• Problem Solving: Applies recognised problem‑solving tools to investigate quality issues, understand root cause and support corrective actions using data and facts.

• Quality Management System (QMS): Works confidently within a QMS environment, following required processes and documentation, monitoring quality metrics and supporting audits and corrective actions.

What You May Have:

• A degree or equivalent experience, with demonstrated quality skills gained through working in a QMS environment, including applying BIQ or CPI methods, supporting audits, analysing quality data, managing non‑conformances, and contributing to corrective and improvement activities.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

Just a quick heads-up: We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so if you’re interested, don’t wait too long! We may close the advert early if we feel we’ve got a strong pool of potentially suitable applicants.

Don’t miss out, get your application in soon!

What You Will Get
One Company, Limitless Opportunities

Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.

Our Sustainability Commitment

Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.

Benefits: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, 10% bonus, contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%, contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that offer support, connection, and a sense of community, optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc

Travel: Approximately 20% travel, including up to 10% global and regional travel as required.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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