Quality Manager

Founded in London in 1946,
Goodfellow is a global leader in advanced materials, enabling innovation globally across high-tech sectors including aerospace, medical research, electronics, and green energy. With a portfolio of more than 170,000 specialist products
, we support scientists, engineers, and manufacturers worldwide in transforming ideas into real world solutions.

Today, the Goodfellow Group combines global reach with deep materials expertise
. Operating from key hubs across Europe, the United States, and China, we provide advanced materials, precision engineering, and world-class testing capabilities to organisations at the forefront of research and technology. Backed by Battery Ventures
, we continue to invest in growth through international expansion and strategic acquisitions.

Our operations are centred around three key manufacturing and scientific hubs:

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire (UK) – Our headquarters and Advanced Materials Centre
, where more than 170,000 advanced materials and reference standards are stocked, processed, and distributed to customers worldwide.

Baltimore, USA – Our Precision Engineering Centre
, an advanced laser microfabrication and manufacturing facility delivering highly specialised engineering solutions.

Switzerland – Our Swiss Competence Centre
, providing world-leading materials testing, characterisation, and analytical capabilities.

In addition, we maintain sales offices in Pittsburgh (USA) and Shanghai (China), ensuring close support for customers in key global markets.

Across the Goodfellow Group, we are united by a commitment to technical excellence, collaboration, and sustainable innovation
. Whether your passion lies in science, engineering, technology, or business, you’ll find opportunities here to develop your career while helping shape the future of advanced materials.

We are seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead the quality function at our Site in Columbia. This is a hands‑on leadership role responsible for owning and developing our ISO 13485 (Medical Devices) and AS9100 (Aerospace) Quality Management Systems. The successful candidate will conduct a full gap analysis of the current QMS, redesign processes and documentation to close conformance gaps, and lead the site through re-certification while managing a team of Quality Engineers and QC/Inspection staff.

You will report to the US President for site requirements but also to the Global Quality and Regulatory Manager based in Switzerland

This is a high-visibility, high-impact position ideal for a quality leader who thrives on building and developing systems, not just maintaining them.

• Conduct a comprehensive audit and gap assessment of the existing ISO 13485 and AS9100 quality management systems against current standard requirements
• Develop and execute a roadmap, prioritizing critical nonconformances and certification risks
• Rewrite/update quality manuals, procedures, work instructions, and forms to ensure full conformance and practical usability on the shop floor
• Lead internal readiness reviews and coordinate with certification bodies for surveillance and recertification audits
• Develop and maintain document control, records management, and change control processes

• Own core QMS processes: CAPA, nonconforming material/product, internal audits, management review, supplier quality, risk management, and design controls (as applicable)
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA 21 CFR Part 820, EU MDR where relevant) alongside ISO 13485 and AS9100
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective action effectiveness across the site
• Own and report site-level quality metrics (scrap, rework, escapes, audit findings, CAPA aging, on‑time delivery quality) to leadership
• Manage, mentor, and develop Quality Engineers, QC Inspectors, and inspection technicians
• Define roles, responsibilities, and workload allocation across incoming, in-process, and final inspection functions
• Build team capability in root cause analysis, statistical methods, and quality tools (8D, FMEA, SPC, MSA)
• Set performance objectives and conduct regular reviews…