Senior Quality Engineer – Pinetown

About the role

The Senior Quality Engineer will lead engineering initiatives across our automotive manufacturing site, ensuring product quality and operational excellence. You will drive process improvements, manage capital projects, and mentor junior engineers to support continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Lead engineering projects from concept to implementation, aligning strategies with business objectives and providing technical guidance across manufacturing operations.
• Analyse and optimise manufacturing processes to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness, reduce downtime, and increase productivity.
• Manage capital expenditure projects, prepare budgets, coordinate equipment procurement, and oversee FAT/SAT activities.
• Develop equipment specifications, supervise installation, and support preventative and predictive maintenance programmes.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and root‑cause analysis initiatives, implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, support customer and certification audits, and lead engineering investigations into complaints.

Required profile

• 8–10 years of engineering experience in automotive manufacturing, with a proven track record in process optimisation and capital project delivery.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (BEng/BSc/BTech).
• Experience mentoring engineering teams and collaborating with production, quality, maintenance, supply chain and finance functions.

Required skills

• IATF 16949 compliance
• APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan development
• Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen methodologies
• Root‑cause analysis and CAPA implementation
• OEE improvement and equipment reliability
• Mechanical engineering design and automation systems