Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Role Information:

Job Title - Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Salary - Up to £40,000 DOE

Location - Merthyr Tydfil South Wales

Start Dates - October 2026

Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role:

The Manufacturing Quality Engineer plays a critical role in supporting the effective delivery of manufactured products through close coordination between internal teams and external suppliers. The role ensures alignment across design, manufacturing, quality, and suppliers, while also providing assurance that outsourced suppliers meet required compliance, quality, and performance standards.

With an increasing level of outsourced manufacturing, this role acts as a key interface between the business and its supply base resolving production issues, driving continuous improvement, and conducting structured supplier audits to protect quality, compliance, and delivery performance.

Your responsibilities in this role include:

Act as the primary point of contact between internal stakeholders (Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Planning) and external suppliers to ensure alignment on production requirements, schedules, and technical expectations.
Support problem-solving activities within the production environment, working collaboratively to resolve issues related to production delays, quality concerns, or technical challenges.
Identify inefficiencies within manufacturing and supplier processes and propose practical improvements to enhance productivity, quality, and robustness.
Coordinate and track process changes, decisions, and actions, ensuring all relevant stakeholders are informed and updates are clearly communicated.
Work closely with Quality teams to ensure manufactured products meet required specifications, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Conduct structured supplier evaluations to assess operational systems, manufacturing processes, and controls against company standards and applicable industry regulations.
Verify supplier compliance with legal, environmental, ethical, and quality requirements, including internal policies and external regulatory obligations.
Review supplier Quality Management Systems to ensure consistent production of conforming products and effective control of variation.
Monitor and analyse supplier performance over time, including quality, delivery, and cost metrics, ensuring agreed performance levels are being achieved.
Prepare clear, detailed audit reports highlighting supplier strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Provide practical recommendations to suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve processes, policies, and quality controls.
Work collaboratively with Procurement, Quality Assurance, Compliance, Supply Chain, Planning, and Manufacturing teams to communicate audit outcomes and operational issues.
Support suppliers in addressing non-conformances or improvement actions, fostering a constructive and development-focused supplier relationship.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across both internal manufacturing operations and the external supply base.

Apply if you have most of the following:

Experience within manufacturing, production, quality, or supplier quality environments
Experience working with suppliers, subcontract manufacturers, or outsourced production operations
Experience supporting quality investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action activities
Experience conducting audits, supplier assessments, or process evaluations is desirable
Experience interpreting engineering drawings, technical specifications, and manufacturing documentation
Experience within regulated or quality-controlled industries such as aerospace, defence, automotive, or advanced manufacturing is desirable
Experience supporting continuous improvement or lean manufacturing initiatives is desirable
Familiarity with Quality Management Systems and compliance standards

Technical skills/education:

Strong understanding of manufacturing and quality assurance processes
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation
Good analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
Ability to communicate effectively with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders
Strong organisational and reporting skills
Good IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently where required
Experience working within quality-controlled or regulated manufacturing environments
Technical qualification in Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering
HNC/HND or Degree in an engineering or quality-related discipline, desirable
Knowledge of quality standards such as ISO 9001 or AS9100
Experience with supplier quality management and audit processes
Familiarity with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
Knowledge of root cause analysis tools such as 8D, 5 Whys, or Fishbone analysis

Additional local needs:

Full-time onsite working required
Candidates may be required to obtain BPSS clearance
Occasional travel to supplier sites may be required

The benefits of this role include:

Opportunity to influence supplier quality, manufacturing standards, and operational performance
Exposure to both internal manufacturing operations and external supply chain activities
Involvement in supplier development, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives
Opportunity to work across multiple engineering, quality, and operational disciplines
Development opportunities within manufacturing quality, supplier quality, and operational excellence functions
Experience working within regulated and quality-focused manufacturing environments

Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.

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