Quality Engineering Team Lead | Oxford | £55,000pa to £65,000pa plus benefits:

A leading manufacturer based in the Oxford area is looking to recruit a Quality Engineering Team Lead to play a key role in shaping and implementing quality and traceability systems across engineering and manufacturing functions. The successfully Quality Engineering Team Lead will be the bridge between Quality, Engineering, and Production-helping define robust quality strategies while mentoring a small team of talented Quality Engineers.
Key duties:

• Lead the development of quality systems and control plans for new and existing products.
• Manage, motivate, and develop a team of Quality Engineers, driving a culture of continuous improvement.
• Use APQP tools (FMEA, Control Plans, SOPs) to support process development and maintain compliance.
• Integrate quality and production data into systems such as SAP and Adept, streamlining traceability and reporting.
• Lead non-conformance investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.
• Report on production efficiency, scrap rates, and cost of poor quality using real-time manufacturing data.

The Quality Engineering Team Lead will ideally have the following skills and attributes:

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience in Engineering or Quality.
• Proven leadership experience in quality or manufacturing engineering environments.
• Hands-on knowledge of APQP, PPAP, and other quality tools.
• Familiar with ERP systems (SAP Business One desirable) and digital traceability tools (e.g.,Adept).
• Comfortable communicating across all levels of the business - from shop floor to senior leadership.

The company is going through a great period of growth and are working with well-known, high-end brands. They have adopted a culture of continuous improvement and development with plenty of opportunities to progress and develop within the role and company.

If you’re a Lead Quality Engineer with experience in the F1, motorsport, aerospace or medical industries and you’re looking for an exciting new role in Oxford area, commutable from: Witney, Eynsham, Botley, Kidlington, Woodstock, Chipping Norton, Wantage, Burford, Cirencester, Abingdon, Oxford, Banbury & Bicester, then please send us an application.

MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days, unfortunately if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
  
MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles).