Quality Manager

If you've managed UKAS assessments in a 17025-accredited laboratory and want to own the quality function outright, this role is worth a conversation. I'm working with a UKAS-accredited testing and survey business in Preston, part of a well-invested UK group. They're appointing a Quality Manager to take ownership of their Quality Management System and ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. You'll also make compliance part of how the laboratory and site teams work every day.

It's a hands-on role with clear backing from leadership. You'll be the person the business relies on for UKAS, with the mandate to set the standard and bring people with you.

• Owning the QMS, with ISO/IEC 17025 as the priority and ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 alongside it
• Managing the UKAS relationship, including assessments and surveillance visits
• Leading internal audits, NCR investigations, root cause analysis and CAPA across laboratory and site coring activity
• Training and coaching laboratory and site teams on what 17025 requires in practice
• Maintaining quality documentation, procedures, method records and governance
• Overseeing quality across survey activity
• Supporting planned growth in laboratory activity

• Hands-on ISO/IEC 17025 experience in a UKAS-accredited testing, inspection or calibration laboratory (essential)
• Direct experience managing UKAS assessments, including responding to findings and closing them out
• Ownership of a Quality Management System
• Internal auditing, NCR investigation, root cause analysis and CAPA
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
• Experience leading people and driving change in an operational environment
• Based within commuting distance of Preston

• A background in construction materials, geotechnical, concrete, aggregates, asphalt or highways testing
• An internal or lead auditor qualification
• Experience of leading cultural change around compliance