National AI Awards 2025Discover AI's trailblazers! Join us to celebrate innovation and nominate industry leaders.

Nominate & Attend

Quality Engineering Team Lead

Woodstock
4 weeks ago
Create job alert

Quality Engineering Team Lead | Oxford | 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)

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Software Engineering Team Lead

Senior Quality Engineer

Senior RF Test Engineer

Quality Engineer

Functional Safety/Compliance Engineer

Tooling Design and CAD Engineer

National AI Awards 2025

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Space Sector Jobs Skills Radar 2026: Emerging Tools, Technologies & Platforms to Learn Now

From launch vehicles and CubeSats to space-based communications, climate monitoring, and lunar exploration—UK space jobs are entering a bold new era. With government investment, private capital, and ESA partnerships driving growth, demand is surging for professionals with the right skills to build and sustain this expanding space economy. Welcome to the Space Sector Jobs Skills Radar 2026—your annual guide to the engineering tools, simulation platforms, programming languages and mission technologies that UK employers are prioritising. Whether you're an aerospace graduate, software engineer, or systems integrator, this radar helps you target the future of UK space careers.

How to Find Hidden Space Jobs in the UK Using Professional Bodies like the RAeS, UKSpace & More

The UK space sector is enjoying rapid growth—driven by satellite constellations, launch services, Earth observation, space science, and defence applications. But while demand for engineers, scientists, mission designers, and space analysts is high, many of the most compelling roles are never advertised publicly. Instead, these opportunities are often filled through professional networks, working groups, innovation clusters, and academic-industry partnerships. This guide will show you how to access hidden UK space jobs by engaging with bodies like the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), UKSpace, British Interplanetary Society (BIS), and regional space clusters. By leveraging membership directories, special-interest groups (SIGs), CPD events, and funded projects, you can position yourself to be first in line—even before roles are posted.

How to Get a Better Space Sector Job After a Lay-Off or Redundancy

Being made redundant from a role in the UK space sector can be disheartening. Whether your work was tied to satellite design, launch services, ground systems, mission operations, or Earth observation analytics, the experience and specialist knowledge you've gained is still highly valuable. The UK government’s Space Strategy, increased commercial investment, and new launch initiatives across Cornwall, Scotland, and Wales continue to drive opportunities in upstream and downstream space technologies. This guide will help you relaunch your career in the UK space sector after redundancy.