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Quality Engineer
Location: Heathrow Airport, London
Contract Type: Permanent
The Opportunity
We are seeking a hands-on Quality Engineer to join a major airport automation project at Heathrow. This is not a manufacturing quality role. Instead, you will act as the technical quality gatekeeper for complex mechanical and electrical installations, ensuring systems are installed correctly, documented accurately, and fully ready for commissioning and handover.
The successful candidate will be responsible for driving installation quality across site activities, identifying defects and non-conformities, supporting corrective actions, and ensuring all work is completed to the highest standards. You will have the authority to challenge or stop non-compliant work where necessary, making this a role with genuine ownership and influence on project delivery.

Key Responsibilities
Ensure mechanical and electrical installations comply with approved drawings, specifications, and quality standards.
Conduct technical inspections, visual audits, and installation quality checks.
Verify installation workmanship and identify defects, snags, and non-conformities.
Lead defect resolution activities and support root cause investigations.
Review and maintain quality records, installation documentation, and as-built documentation.

Support pre-commissioning activities and verify system readiness for commissioning.
Audit inspection reports, test records, and quality documentation.
Participate in final walkthroughs and handover processes.
Ensure installations remain audit-ready throughout the project lifecycle.
Work closely with project teams, installation contractors, engineering teams, and stakeholders.

Promote a culture of quality excellence and continuous improvement.
Challenge, report, and escalate non-compliant installation activities where necessary.

What Were Looking For
We are particularly interested in candidates who have progressed from a technical engineering background into quality-focused responsibilities. Suitable backgrounds may include:
Quality Engineer
QA/QC Engineer
Site Quality Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Mechatronics Engineer
Installation Engineer
Commissioning Engineer
Electrical Inspector
Senior Engineer with installation quality responsibilities

If you understand how equipment should be physically installed, can interpret technical drawings, identify issues on site, and drive corrective actions through to completion, wed like to hear from you.

Essential Requirements
NVQ or City & Guilds Level 3 (or higher) in Electrical, Mechanical, or related discipline.
Minimum 5 years experience within a live operational environment.
Experience in installation, commissioning, quality assurance, or QA/QC activities.
Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems.
Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, and design documentation.
Experience conducting inspections, audits, and quality checks.
Hands-on experience with snagging, defect management, and issue resolution.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Proactive, detail-oriented, and able to work independently on site.

Desirable Requirements
18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671).
City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing.
ISO 9001 Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor qualification.
HNC/HND in Electrical, Mechanical, Electronic, or Mechatronic Engineering.
Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
Experience within automation, materials handling, logistics, FMCG, manufacturing, or highly automated environments.
Experience supporting training, coaching, or quality improvement initiatives.

Why Join?
This role offers the opportunity to play a critical part in delivering large-scale automation and baggage handling systems at Heathrow Airport. Youll combine your technical engineering expertise with quality assurance responsibilities, ensuring installations are completed correctly, safely, and ready for commissioning and customer handover.
If youve come from an installation or commissioning background and are looking to move further into QA/QC and project quality, this represents an excellent next step in your career.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Working closely with Engineering, Production, Suppliers and Customers, the Quality Engineer will provide technical quality support throughout the manufacturing lifecycle, from design and prototype through to production and final product delivery.

The role will involve developing, implementing and maintaining quality assurance and control processes, defining inspection and testing requirements, analysing production and quality data, and identifying opportunities to improve product quality, reliability and manufacturing performance.

The Quality Engineer will also contribute to engineering and product development activities by providing quality input during design reviews, supporting root-cause investigations and ensuring appropriate quality requirements are incorporated into manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

Act as the primary point of contact for the production team regarding product quality issues, including mechanical fit, manufacturing processes and electronic component specifications.Investigate product and process quality issues, implementing effective containment actions and ensuring robust, long-term corrective and preventive actions are established.Conduct root-cause analysis and develop appropriate corrective action plans to prevent recurrence of quality issues.Prepare regular quality reports and provide accurate updates to the Quality Manager and relevant internal stakeholders.Proactively analyse production and quality data to identify trends, recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.Develop, monitor and report key quality performance indicators and recommend corrective actions where required.Provide technical quality support and guidance to Engineering and Production teams to ensure products are manufactured in accordance with defined specifications and quality standards.Communicate and coordinate quality-related information with internal departments, customers, suppliers and other external stakeholders.Complete First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) in accordance with customer and industry requirements.Liaise with suppliers to investigate quality concerns and ensure purchased components, materials and products meet required specifications and quality standards.Manage customer, supplier and internal quality concerns through structured 8D corrective action processes.Support and participate in internal and external quality audits, ensuring findings are appropriately addressed and corrective actions implemented.Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing processes, quality systems and operational performance.Participate in engineering design reviews, providing quality requirements, risk considerations and recommendations to support robust product development.Support the collection, analysis and interpretation of quality and manufacturing data to identify improvement opportunities.Ensure quality processes and documentation remain accurate, controlled and aligned with applicable standards and customer requirements.Promote a strong quality culture across the organisation, encouraging accountability, continuous improvement and effective problem solving.Experience within Aerospace, Medical, Automotive or other highly regulated manufacturing environments would be advantageous.Demonstrate a commitment to professional standards and organisational values, including integrity, innovation, accountability and teamwork.

Qualifications & Experience

HNC, HND or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Quality, Electronics, Manufacturing or a related discipline.Minimum of 5 years' relevant experience within an electronics manufacturing environment - essential.Strong understanding of manufacturing quality processes and process development methodologies.Practical knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP and related quality planning tools - essential.Experience with 8D, root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action methodologies.Experience conducting or supporting internal and external audits.Experience completing First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs).Strong understanding of quality assurance and quality control principles.Ability to interpret technical specifications, drawings and manufacturing requirements.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends and implement sustainable solutions.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.Strong IT skills, including confidence working with data, reporting systems and Microsoft Office applications - essential.Experience working within an ISO-certified manufacturing environment would be advantageous.Experience within Aerospace, Medical or Automotive manufacturing would be highly desirable.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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