Quality Engineer

Morgan Advanced Materials plc; Corby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global materials manufacturer is seeking a Quality Engineer in Corby. The role involves maintaining compliance with ISO9001 and AS9100, investigating issues, and assisting shop-floor teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in aerospace or automotive quality environments and a strong hands-on problem-solving approach. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a growing business and competitive pay and benefits.

Benefits

37.5 hours a week

Opportunity to impact quality

Competitive pay and benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in quality environments like aerospace or automotive.
• Knowledge of ISO9001 & AS9100 is required.
• Hands-on with FMEA, RCCA, and Lean Sigma tools.
• Confidence dealing with customers and auditors.
• Practical problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Run audits to maintain compliance with ISO9001 & AS9100.
• Investigate complaints thoroughly and effectively.
• Support shop-floor teams with problem-solving tools.
• Reduce scrap and improve yields through clear processes.
• Report on KPIs and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Experience in aerospace, automotive, or manufacturing quality

Knowledge of ISO9001 & AS9100

Hands-on experience with FMEA, RCCA, Lean Sigma

Confidence dealing with customers and auditors

Problem-solving mindset

Job description

Overview

Quality Engineer – Corby at Morgan Advanced Materials. We make ceramic cores at our Corby site. These aren’t the final parts themselves, they’re the moulds that aerospace and turbine manufacturers use to create the complex shapes inside their components. It’s specialist work, it’s busy, and it’s growing. Which means quality isn’t optional. You’ll be out on the shop floor, working with operators, solving problems, and making processes clearer so that good quality is built in, not bolted on.

That’s where you come in. We’re looking for a Quality Engineer who can keep us compliant with ISO9001 and AS9100, manage audits, and deal with the occasional customer who isn’t thrilled when things go wrong. More importantly, you’ll help prevent those things from happening in the first place.

This isn’t a role for someone who only wants to sit behind a desk.

Responsibilities

• Running audits and keeping us on track with ISO9001 & AS9100.
• Investigating complaints and closing them out properly, not just quickly.
• Supporting shop-floor teams with RCCA, 8D, Ishikawa, 5 Why and other problem‑solving tools.
• Reducing scrap and improving yields by making sure instructions and processes are clear.
• Reporting on KPIs and helping to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, automotive, or another manufacturing quality environment.
• Working knowledge of ISO9001 & AS9100 (internal auditor qualified would be a bonus).
• Hands-on experience with tools like FMEA, RCCA, Lean Sigma.
• Confidence dealing with customers, auditors, and colleagues at every level.
• A practical, problem-solving mindset.

What You’ll Get

• 37.5 hours a week: Mon–Thu 8:00–16:30, Fri 8:00–13:30 (yes, an early start to the weekend).
• The chance to make a real difference in a growing business.
• A team that wants to get quality right, first time, not just tick boxes.
• Pay and benefits you’d expect from a global manufacturer.

If that sounds like the kind of role you’d enjoy, apply now. Don’t have an up-to-date CV? No problem, apply with what you have and/or reach out to our Talent team via LinkedIn.

Morgan Advanced Materials is a world leader in advanced materials science and engineering of ceramics, carbon and composites. We operate in a series of well-defined markets where our applications expertise offers our customers a valuable differentiator, engineering high-specification materials, components and sub-assembly parts that solve their challenging technical problems.

The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges. The business employs advanced materials science and applications expertise to produce parts that enhance reliability or improve the performance of its customers’ products. Much of what the global business unit makes is used in demanding, harsh or critical environments. Our Technical Ceramics business works in selected segments of the electronics, energy, healthcare, industrial, petrochemicals, security and transport markets, typically in close collaborative customer relationships.

Group Key Figures: Revenue £910m (2020), ~7,500 employees, manufacturing in 30+ countries, and customers in 100+ countries. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index. IND-1