Plant Quality Manager

Position: Plant Quality Manager (Permanent)
Job Title:

Plant Quality Manager

Location:

Coventry, UK
Core

Hours:

08:00-16:35 (Mon – Thu) 08:00-15:10 (Fri)
Vacancy Type:
Full-time, Permanent and onsite
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (subject to experience) + Discretionary Bonus

JOB SUMMARY

The Plant Quality Manager is a high impact leadership role at the heart of the CAS business, setting the standard for quality in a highly regulated UK Ministry of Defence environment. You will own quality assurance, governance and compliance end to end, ensuring our products, processes and supply chain consistently meet ISO 9001, MOD AQAP, contractual commitments and statutory requirements.

This is a role for someone who wants to shape how quality is done, not just maintain it. You will lead and strengthen the Quality Management System, drive visible continuous improvement across the plant, and keep us audit ready at all times. Working closely with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and customers, you will be the go to authority who protects standards, solves problems, and helps the business deliver right first time, every time.

Does it sound interesting? If so, keep reading!

WHAT YOU GET IN RETURN

At NP Aerospace, we know our success comes from our people. That’s why we invest in benefits that support your health, reward your hard work, and help you grow your career:

Performance rewards – discretionary bonus opportunities

Flex your day – flexible start and finish times (subject to manager approval and operational needs)

Time to recharge – 25 days’ holiday + 8 bank holidays, with the option to buy more through our Holiday Purchase Scheme

Support for Defence – two weeks’ paid leave for Reservists and Cadets, plus paid leave for Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs)

Future security – competitive pension scheme (9% combined employer/employee contributions

Peace of mind – life cover at 3x base salary

Health & wellbeing first – BHSF Cash Healthcare Plan to support everyday health costs

Grow with us – career development and advancement opportunities within a global business

Supportive environment – a team culture built on innovation, collaboration, and purpose

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities for the role will include:

Quality leadership and compliance

​Own and continually improve the site Quality Management System to ISO 9001 and relevant MOD AQAP standards, ensuring contractual and statutory requirements are met.

Act as the senior Quality authority for MOD, customer, certification body and internal audits, maintaining continuous audit readiness, configuration control, and effective governance of concessions, deviations and waivers.

Ensure Quality requirements are fully embedded across operations and flowed down through suppliers and partners.

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Operational quality and improvement

Drive measurable improvements in customer performance and cost of quality, reducing PPM, scrap, rework, concessions and escapes.

Lead root cause investigation and CAPA, ensuring robust containment, corrective action closure and systemic risk reduction.

Support New Product Introduction, change control and repeatable manufacture through effective quality planning and control of non-conformances.

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Assurance, reporting and risk​

Maintain clear quality metrics and dashboards, reporting performance, trends, risks and compliance status to senior leadership.

Lead and support regulatory, contractual and compliance reviews, ensuring actions are tracked and closed on time.

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People leadership and capability

Lead, coach and develop a high performing Quality team, ensuring training, authorisation and competence management meet defence expectations.

Build a strong quality and compliance culture across the site, working in line with health, safety, environmental and ethical requirements.

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Business support and resourcing

​Manage the Quality budget and support capital expenditure planning, ensuring resources and capability align to operational demand.

Support bids and contract review, providing quality, compliance and risk input that strengthens delivery confidence.

The above is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required.

EXPERIENCE

​​Essential

* HND, IQM or equivalent qualification in Quality…