Quality Lead

• Salary: £65,000-£75,000 DOE
• Full Time
• Permanent

Who we are:

Sub Sea Craft is a fast growing, privately funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next generation high performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user‑centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.

What we offer:

• Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing Day – An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
• Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4× salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
• Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to Linked In Learning.
• Pension Contribution – pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
• Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.

Full Time Position for a driven and pro‑active person with exceptional organisational and interpersonal skills. This role will drive the quality management system within Sub Sea craft while supporting the Production and Procurement Teams and will have exposure to all areas of the business.

• Reporting into Operations and supporting all business departments.
• Overseeing and evolving the Integrated Business Management System and Quality Management Systems.
• Help departments align process to recognised standards and drive continual improvement to process throughout the business.
• Managing a team of quality engineers focusing in on production and supplier quality.
• Scheduling and running internal and external audits, to maintain our ISO
  9001:2015 accreditation.
• Experienced in embedding AQAP defence standards, including NATO quality assurance regulations and quality plans.
• Introduction of AS9100 standards into the business where appropriate.
• Drive the introduction of configuration management into business process to ISO standards.
• Develop, implement and monitor quality control processes and procedures for manufacturing operations.
• Analyse production non‑conformance to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Train and support staff on quality control procedures.
• Have an in‑depth understanding of design and manufacturing documentation in order to monitor and ensure that the production processes are implemented correctly.
• Establish and maintain quality standards for supplier materials and components through a supplier quality manual.
• Conduct supplier audits and assessments to ensure compliance with quality requirements.
• Collaborate with suppliers to resolve quality issues and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain supplier performance metrics and reporting systems.
• Collaborate with customer service and sales teams to address quality‑related customer concerns.
• Build and monitor quality issues logging process (Incident and observation reporting system).
• Report quality metrics and progress to senior leadership team monthly.
• Working with design engineering to establish suitable standards of quality for products in accordance with applicable legislation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to pass information clearly and accurately.
• Meet set deadlines and understand when problems need to be referred upwards.
• Organise and present information clearly, concisely and accurately.
• Strong leadership, motivational and mediation skills, and the ability to take initiative without guidance.
• Exemplary internal and external customer service and strong interpersonal skills.
• Adaptable – maintain established process whilst initiating and driving change and efficiencies.
• Collaborative and proactive –…