Senior Quality Engineer
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About the role:
As a Senior Quality Engineer within JCB Power Products – Transmissions, you will play a key role in driving quality excellence across products and processes. You will act as a quality champion, promoting high standards of Health & Safety, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring robust quality systems are applied throughout the operation. This is a leadership role with responsibility for people, processes, and performance, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver right first time outcomes.
What does this role involve day to day?
• Leading and supervising Quality staff, ensuring clear direction, support, and development
• Promoting and enforcing Health & Safety standards at all times, including PPE compliance
• Driving continuous improvement behaviour across teams and processes
• Managing internal and external quality issues using structured problem-solving tools (e.g. 8D, 4C)
• Overseeing component rejections and quarantine areas, ensuring containment and corrective actions
• Monitoring and improving key quality measures, including:
• Faults at machine test
• Right First Time performance
• Warranty performance
• Supplier quality performance
• Supporting Quality Improvement activities across manufacturing and supply chain
• Liaising with other departments on quality-related topics to ensure aligned solutions
• Ensuring Quality functions and systems are completed effectively and on time
• Conducting personnel appraisals, maintaining skills matrices, and supporting team development
• Managing time and attendance for the Quality team, including return-to-work interviews
• Maintaining accurate quality records and effective use of IT systems and processes
This will be suited to you if…
• You hold a preferred HNC or Degree in an engineering discipline
• You have at least 5 years’ experience in a Quality Engineering role, ideally within manufacturing
• You have a strong technical understanding of drawings, measurement techniques, and product/process requirements
• You are confident using problem-solving and quality tools such as 8D, 4C, FMEA, and root cause analysis
• You demonstrate strong decision-making skills with a calm, level-headed approach under pressure
• You are an effective communicator with good spoken and written communication skills
• You are comfortable leading and working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams
• You have good IT skills and a solid understanding of quality systems and processes
• You actively promote Health & Safety and Quality and lead by example at all times
What happens next?
Ordinarily, our Resourcing Team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our Recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial team’s interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at recruitment@jcb.com
This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor and dentist. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.
We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Recruitment Team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.
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