Supplier Quality Engineer
Rolls-Royce is seeking a motivated Supplier Quality Engineer to support their Supply Chain Development function. The role involves hands-on technical problem-solving, supplier collaboration, and influencing product and process quality through various responsibilities including supplier onboarding and project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Work across functions to capture and clarify purchased‑item quality issues, defining robust problem statements
- Collaborate with Design teams to understand critical features, performance requirements and DFM opportunities
- Engage with external suppliers to develop new components, processes and services, and to manage containment and corrective actions for quality concerns
- Partner with Purchasing to identify and develop new suppliers, follow commodity strategies and mitigate supply‑chain risks
- Support Goods‑In Inspection to ensure effective incoming quality control
- Conduct supplier visits and assessments, producing clear records and follow‑up actions
- Generate high‑quality reports, inspection summaries and root‑cause investigations
- Lead or support project‑managed item development activities
- Identify and communicate opportunities for improved process capability, control and DFM‑driven cost reduction
- Take ownership of departmental metrics, targets and defined strategic projects
- Continuously develop your technical skills, product knowledge and supplier‑engagement capability
- Share learnings across functions to improve cross‑team understanding of supplier and process constraints
Skills
- Qualifications or experience in an engineering or manufacturing discipline (role level and salary scaled accordingly)
- Knowledge of engineering drawings, inspection methods and GD&T
- Awareness of quality systems such as ISO9001
- Professionalism, tact and diplomacy when working with internal and external stakeholders
- A driven, self‑motivated mindset with the ability to learn quickly and work independently
- Strong problem‑solving ability and a structured, logical approach to varied technical challenges
- Willingness to travel to suppliers in the UK and overseas as required
- Ability to represent the business professionally in supplier environments
- Flexibility to undertake initial functional training at multiple MSD sites
Benefits
- 9% non-contributory pension
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops
- Free parking
- Car sharing scheme
- 24 hour fitness centres
- Hybrid working policy
- Variable working programme
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria
- Health Cash Plan
- The option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust
- An Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family
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