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Quality Control Engineer

Quality Control Engineer

📍 Great Chesterford, Essex
£50,000 per annum
£50000 - £55000/annum
Industry: Engineering
Applications: >10
Posted: 10-06-2026
Company: Polytec Personnel Ltd
Type: Permanent
Reference: 225075278

Job Description:

Location: near Saffron Walden (CB10)

Duration: Permanent

Hours: 9.00am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday

Salary: circa £55,000 per annum, dependent on experience

Job Reference: 36148

We are seeking a Quality Control Engineer for our client based near Saffron Walden, to support product quality across complex electronic assemblies. The role sits within a product development and manufacturing environment and plays a key part in inspection, configuration control and continuous improvement activities.

UK Security Clearance will be required for this role therefore foreign nationals will unfortunately not be eligible.

Responsibilities:

- Incoming inspection of components to ensure compliance, correct issue status and full traceability

- In process and final inspection of electronic assemblies and supporting documentation

- Monitoring adherence to manufacturing and quality procedures, identifying and addressing deviations

- Configuration control checks to ensure correct parts and approved builds are used

- Managing non-conformances, concessions and returns including documentation and rework control

- Supporting stock control to ensure materials are correctly allocated to builds

- Contributing to ongoing improvement of quality and manufacturing processes

Requirements:

- Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment, ideally with complex electronic assemblies

- Familiarity with quality management systems (e.g. ISO 9001) and controlled build environments

- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and a methodical approach

- Able to interpret technical documentation and quality procedures with minimal supervision

- Good problem-solving skills and confidence supporting root cause analysis

- Proactive, flexible, and comfortable managing multiple tasks

- Able to work independently and collaboratively within a team

Please contact us as soon as possible for more details or apply below!

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