New Product Development & Quality Engineer Mansfield, Nottinghamshire | Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + 25 Days Holiday Hybrid Working | Permanent
A market leading business supplying bespoke retail fixtures, fittings and shopfitting solutions to major UK retailers is looking for a New Product Development & Quality Engineer to join a growing product team based near Mansfield.
This is a genuinely varied and hands-on role sitting at the heart of how new products are developed, tested and signed off before they reach the shop floor. If you've ever walked around a major supermarket or high street retailer and looked at the shelving, display units, entry systems and shopfitting around you, you'll have a good idea of the kind of products you'd be working on.
What the role involves
You'll be taking new bespoke retail fixtures and fittings from initial customer brief through prototype build, physical testing and final sign-off. Alongside that you'll be carrying out quality control inspections on incoming products, checking finished articles against specification and conducting spot checks on ongoing supply.
Day to day you could be involved in:
* Inspecting products for quality of welding, paint finish, woodwork, fastenings and surface finish
* Building and running physical tests including topple testing, weight loading, push and pull
* Developing and documenting test methods in line with relevant British Standards
* Visiting manufacturers to check quality at source and provide feedback
* Supporting the team in building out quality processes within a young and growing department
* Managing multiple projects simultaneously across a busy and varied pipeline
What we're looking for
You'll need a practical, hands-on background with a good eye for product quality at finished article level. Ideally you'll have worked in an environment where the end product is something used by the general public, whether that's retail, consumer goods, leisure or similar. Heavy industry or process manufacturing backgrounds are less likely to be the right fit here.
Specifically we're looking for:
* A solid understanding of physical product construction, metal, wood, paint finishes, welding types, fastenings and fixings
* Familiarity with British Standards for furniture, fixtures or similar products, or the ability to get up to speed quickly
* Practical experience of physical product testing
* Confidence visiting supplier sites and giving clear feedback on quality
* Comfortable managing multiple projects at once
* Motivated by building something from scratch rather than inheriting a fully formed setup
Formal quality qualifications such as ISO or Six Sigma are not essential. Product knowledge, practical ability and the right attitude matter far more.
What's on offer
A competitive salary, car allowance, 25 days holiday and hybrid working within a business that is genuinely investing in its product development and quality capability. This is an early opportunity to join a growing team and help shape how things are done