Head of Quality

Ready to make a meaningful impact in a highly precise, technical environment?

Are you an experienced,strategic and hands-on Head of Quality , ready toestablisha robust, scalable Quality Management System (QMS) tosupport precision instrument manufacturingtothe highest standards of reliability and performance?

Can youensure quality principles are adopted across the enterprise,regularly interfacing withour commercial,engineering and operational teams.

If so, read on…

• £65,000to 85,000 (depending on experience)
• 25 days annual leave, death in service and private health care benefits, personal pension contributions of 4% with salary sacrifice and a generous EMI Share scheme

Based in Abingdon, Oxford, UK,we are a high calibre team of 100 plus people and we are growing fast. We are backed by global financial and industry investors including Applied Ventures , the strategic venture arm of the industry leading equipment company.

The Head of Quality is critical to enabling sustainable growth, protecting our brand, and ensuring we deliver world-class metrology systems that meet the demanding requirements of advanced materials science, nanotechnology, and semiconductor applications.

All of our new UK team members are asked to work on site here at Abingdon during their first three months with us. We offer flexible, hybrid working where possible upon completion of probation although the expectation for this role is that there is a high requirement to be present on site most days. The role is suitable for someone within commutable distance of our HQ in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

• Owning the entire Quality function, leading with cross-team influence
• Defining and delivering a quality strategy that powers growthand embedding quality as anon-negotiablepart of the company’s DNA

• Ownership of documentation control and internal audits
• Leading all certification activities and ensuring ongoingregulatorycompliance

• Partnering with Engineering to bake ISO
  9001 principles into product development
• Putting strong, structuredriskmanagementpractices front and centre
• Building a dependablechangemanagementprocess with Engineering and NPI

• Guiding the Supply Chain team in creating robust supplier qualification and audit programmes
• Setting up inspection processes that scaleeffectivelywith demand
• Supportingsupplier corrective actions and pushing for continuous improvements Manufacturing & Operational Quality
  • Leading nonconformance management, CAPA androot-cause investigations
  • Developing inspection,calibrationand quality processestoreduce production riskand building tight feedback loops with Customer Support and Product
  Who we are looking for:

  To succeed asour Head of Quality, we do need you to havethe following skills and experience:

  • Quality leadership, with a focus on building trusted relationships and clear, thoughtful communication with stakeholders
    ; comfortable sharing updates at executive level
  • At least 3 years leading a Quality function
  • Comfortable in lowvolume,highvalue, complex optomechanical manufacturing environments, especially during scaleup
  • Remaininggrounded and composed in fastmoving settings, applying balanced, considerate judgement
  • Understandinggrowth throughstart-up, scaleup and mature enterprise systems, and guiding that evolution
  • Developing the QMS inhighgrowthenvironments
    , ensuring itremainssupportiveandscalable
  • Working collaboratively across the value chain
  • Astrong senseof ownership,
    encouraging shared accountability across Operations andcross-functional teams
  • Choosing solutions that serve the bigger picture rather than one department
  Nice to have:
  • Experience leadingaquality function within the Semiconductor field
  Education /
  
  Qualifications:
  • Either aDegreein a relevant discipline (E.gPhysics, Engineering, Quality Management) or similar, or a clear equivalent path throughrelevantapprenticeshiporsignificantaccumulated experience.
  We look for these attributes for our team:
  • Self-management:
    Able to work independently, setting priorities for own work based upon the…