Quality Engineer


Company:	NW Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary:	£50,000 to £55,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Haslingden
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	17 Oct 2026

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Summary

Quality Engineer

Location: Rossendale, Lancashire

Salary Equivalent: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum (pro rata)

Hours: Monday–Thursday 8:30am - 5:00pm | Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm

Contract: Temporary contract

Start: Immediate

Department: Quality

NW Recruitment Services Ltd are proudly supporting a specialist Rossendale-based business with the recruitment of a Quality Engineer to join their Quality team on a temporary contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Quality Engineer or quality professional with a background in a regulated manufacturing environment to support investigations, corrective actions and ongoing improvements across the business.

Working closely with manufacturing, engineering and other internal teams, you will play an important role in identifying the causes of quality issues, implementing effective solutions and ensuring robust processes are maintained.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and support investigations into quality issues, including corrective and preventative actions.

• Carry out structured root-cause analysis and identify appropriate corrective actions.

• Manage non-conformances and NCRs, ensuring investigations, actions and records are completed accurately.

• Work closely with manufacturing and engineering teams to resolve quality issues and prevent recurrence.

• Monitor corrective actions through to completion and verify their effectiveness.

• Review and support improvements to quality procedures, work instructions and process controls.

• Assist with maintaining and developing the Quality Management System.

• Analyse quality information, including NCRs, trends and other performance data, to identify recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.

• Provide practical quality support within the manufacturing environment.

• Prepare quality reports, investigation records and supporting documentation.

• Assist with internal and external audits, customer requirements and associated quality activities.

• Ensure quality activities and documentation are completed in accordance with established procedures and applicable standards.

Personal attributes:

• Analytical, methodical and structured in your approach.

• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.

• Confident communicating with manufacturing and engineering teams.

• Comfortable investigating problems and challenging practices where necessary.

• Able to manage multiple investigations, actions and priorities effectively.

• Proactive and focused on finding practical improvements.

• Committed to maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.

• Clear and professional communicator at all levels.

• Able to work independently while contributing effectively to a wider Quality team.

Apply now:

If you are an experienced Quality Engineer with a background in a regulated manufacturing environment and are looking for an immediate temporary opportunity, we would be interested in hearing from you.

Immediate availability is preferred.

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