Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) Technician Full Time NEW

Operations

Job Description

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Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) Technician

Salary: £19.72 ph

Location: Shrewsbury

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave,
• Up to 6% Bonus
• Contributory pension scheme – Caterpillar will double the employee’s contribution Up to 10%
• Contributory share scheme – Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee’s contribution.
• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.

About IPSD

Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat® and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit two Supplier Quality Engineering Technicians to support the ongoing development of our Supplier Quality capability at CAT Shrewsbury.

This role sits within the Supplier Quality Pillar and plays a key part in ensuring that both internally manufactured components and externally sourced parts meet the required standards to support safe, capable, and right‑first‑time production.

Working closely with Quality, Process, and Operations teams, the SQE Technicians will support inspection, investigation, and continuous improvement activities, helping to ensure that quality issues are identified early, understood clearly, and addressed at source.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting internal and external supplier quality activities, ensuring components meet specification and are fit for purpose
• Coordinating and supporting inspection and measurement activity, aligned to control plans and engineering requirements
• Working with Quality, Process, and Supplier Quality teams to support structured investigations and root‑cause analysis
• Contributing to the development and application of inspection methods, measurement strategies, and SPC
• Supporting the identification and monitoring of critical‑to‑quality characteristics
• Collecting and interpreting data to support fact‑based decision‑making and improvement activity
• Helping ensure alignment between internal processes and supplier quality expectations
• Supporting continuous improvement activity by identifying opportunities to enhance capability, consistency, and efficiency

What This Role Offers

• The opportunity to play a key role in strengthening Supplier Quality across both internal and external supply chains
• Exposure to end‑to‑end manufacturing processes, working closely with Engineering, Quality, and Operations
• The chance to develop skills in inspection, investigation, and continuous improvement
• A collaborative environment focused on delivering safe, capable, and high‑quality outcomes

About You

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Practically minded, with a strong interest in manufacturing and quality
• Comfortable working with data, measurement, and technical information
• Strong communicators, able to work across teams and functions
• Proactive and detail‑focused, with a problem‑solving mindset
• Keen to contribute to building robust and consistent quality processes

Experience in areas such as inspection, measurement, manufacturing, or quality engineering would be beneficial, but attitude, approach, and willingness to learn are equally important.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

This job is subject to U.S. and U.K. rules concerning the export and protection of controlled or protected technologies or information, including, but not limited to, U.S. State Department regulations at International Traffic in Arms (ITAR), 22 C.F.R. 120 et. seq.; the Export Administration Regulation, 15 C.F.R. 730-774; and the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. 500-598, and the United Kingdom Official Secrets Act 1989 (collectively, “Export Control and Protection of Information Laws”), and you may be subjected to additional security screening / checking.

Posting Dates

May 18, 2026 – June 6, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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