Senior Quality Engineer - Incoming Quality

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Agratas

We are hiring a Senior Quality Engineer - Incoming Quality for our client, a leading battery cell manufacturer building a major new UK facility, to take ownership of incoming quality controls at the manufacturing entry point.

You will make sure every material and component received on site meets the required specifications, delivering risk-based inspection and verification activities and driving defect prevention before anything reaches production. Working closely with Supplier Quality, manufacturing and laboratory teams, you will play a key part in protecting product quality from the very start of the process.

The Senior Quality Engineer will be responsible for:

• Carrying out incoming inspection and verification in line with control plans, specifications, BOM and traceability requirements.
• Managing material status and segregation of non-conforming materials, supporting containment and escalating quality risks.
• Coordinating incoming testing with laboratory teams and reviewing results against acceptance criteria.
• Acting as the MSA subject matter expert for incoming quality, escalating capability issues where identified.
• Providing defect data to Supplier Quality and supporting root cause analysis and corrective action validation.
• Leading 8D problem-solving and analysing defect trends to improve inspection strategies and workflows.
• Maintaining accurate inspection records and supporting IATF 16949 audit readiness.

The Senior Quality Engineer will have:

• A degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry or a related field.
• Experience in incoming quality or quality engineering within manufacturing, ideally automotive or battery.
• Practical experience with inspection methods, sampling techniques and supplier defect handling.
• Strong problem-solving skills using methodologies such as 8D and 5 Why.
• Working knowledge of AIAG Core Tools, including Control Plans, PFMEA, SPC and MSA.
• A practical understanding of IATF 16949 requirements.
• Experience coordinating with laboratory or testing teams.

This role would suit a detail-focused quality engineer keen to build robust processes on a high-profile project that's shaping the future of UK battery manufacturing. To find out more, send your CV across and our team will be in touch shortly.