Quality Manager

Quality Manager

We are recruiting a Quality Manager for our reputable precision engineering client on a permanent basis.

Salary:
Excellent rates of pay, dependent on experience and ability.

Hours:

39 hours per week, half day Friday.

Role:
Quality Manager.

A well-established precision engineering business operating to demanding aerospace and engineering quality standards.

• Manage the quality and inspection cell, undertaking inspection duties during peak periods and holidays where required to ensure work is completed on time.
• Ensure all work leaving the company meets customer requirements and applicable AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards.
• Maintain the company’s AS9100 and ISO 9001 approvals through the effective management of its Quality Management System.
• Develop and implement an internal audit programme to ensure compliance with regulatory and company standards and evaluate working practices.
• Take ownership of all QMS documentation, ensuring it is reviewed at the required frequency, maintained to the appropriate standard and updated where necessary.
• Manage quality non-conformances arising from internal and external audits, customer complaints and the receipt of non-conforming products.
• Promote continuous improvement across the business, working with internal teams to share best practice and provide audit support.
• Act as the primary customer contact for all quality-related matters.
• Provide leadership and direction to keep employees within the function engaged, focused and developing to their full potential.
• Contribute positively to health and safety standards across the site.
• Manage the company tooling register and ensure measuring equipment is calibrated when due.

• Previous experience as a Quality Manager within the aerospace industry, working to AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards.
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance, external standards and internal auditing.
• Proven experience leading aerospace or engineering compliance audits.
• Solid problem‑solving expertise, including Lean Six Sigma and other quality techniques used to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Significant technical knowledge and a strong understanding of relevant quality standards and processes.
• Experience managing people and providing leadership within a quality function.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with a methodical and logical approach.
• Strong communication, diplomacy and negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience with in a machining or production environment.
• The ability to interpret engineering drawings, geometric tolerances, revisions, symbols and layouts.
• Experience using MRP and ERP systems.

• Excellent rates of pay based on previous experience and ability.
• A 39‑hour working week with a half‑day finish every Friday.
• A mileage subsidy to assist with travel to and from work.
• Access to the company salary sacrifice pension scheme after successfully completing the three‑month probationary period.
• Twenty‑five days’ annual holiday, excluding bank holidays, with a company shutdown over the Christmas and New Year period.