Job Title: Quality Engineer
Location: Hellaby, UK
Employment: Permanent
Come build something that matters.
Job Summary:
The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of products throughout the production process. This role involves developing and implementing quality control procedures, conducting inspections and tests, analysing data, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve quality issues. The Quality Engineer plays a critical role in maintaining high standards of product quality and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
Proven experience in quality engineering or a similar role, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
Strong knowledge of quality control principles, methodologies, and tools, including PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) and Control Plans.
Familiarity with quality management systems, such as ISO 9001. Proficient in statistical analysis and data interpretation.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy and precision.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
ISO auditor trained, with experience in conducting internal audits for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
Responsibilities
Development, implementation, and updating of quality control procedures and documentation (PPAP, Control Plan, FMEA).
Execution of inspections and tests on materials, components, and finished products to identify defects, with proper documentation of results.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues and implement corrective actions, documenting the activities carried out.
Analysis of quality data to identify areas for improvement and define strategies to reduce defects.
Monitoring of production processes to ensure compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Technical support to production teams to resolve quality issues and improve process efficiency.
Root cause analysis of problems and implementation of preventive measures.
Management and updating of quality documentation, ensuring accessibility and accuracy.
Management of non-conforming materials, both internal and supplied, and collaboration with suppliers to resolve issues.
Supervision and support of quality control personnel.
Conducting internal audits to verify compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
The Details:
You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:
Medical, dental, life, vision, paid time off, benefits in support of your well-being.
Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
And More:
We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:
Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!
We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.
Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.
Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.
What You’ll Also Get
Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field
- Proven experience in quality engineering or a similar role, preferably in a manufacturing environment
- Strong knowledge of quality control principles, methodologies, and tools, including PPAP and Control Plans
- Familiarity with quality management systems, such as ISO 9001
- Proficient in statistical analysis and data interpretation
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- ISO auditor trained, with experience in conducting internal audits
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A broad U.S. benefits menu with multiple health plan choices, savings programs (including an employee stock purchase plan), tuition assistance, and well‑being extras offers substantial choice and customization. This breadth can bolster total compensation value beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, additional maternity recovery time, and adoption support provide meaningful family‑focused coverage. Time‑off programs and designated holidays further support work‑life needs.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical, dental, and vision options, plus supplemental coverages, EAP access, and prescription‑savings programs reinforce core health coverage. The company indicates it pays most of the cost of health coverage, which can enhance perceived medical value.
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Insights
What We Do
For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done—and we have since 1843. You repair your home and car with the tools we provide. Your car and your phone are secured with our fasteners. The things you value most can be protected by our security systems. And the roads you drive on, the bridges you cross, the energy you consume, all of these most likely came to you via one of our infrastructure systems. We join forces to bring together the best of the best to create practical, meaningful products and services that make life easier—empowering people to do better, safer, more significant work. Innovation and excellence have powered our success, but we know there’s more we can do for the world and those who make it. Across our businesses, we’re investing in breakthrough innovation and digital excellence, striving for outperformance and increasing our focus on social responsibility. We define success as: delivering value to our customers, colleagues and communities. Our commitment to quality, safety and sustainability helps us on our path to becoming the type of uniquely human-centered global industrial company that keeps every stakeholder in mind, while helping to make the world better.
