Quality Manager

Quality Manager

Location: Coleford, Gloucestershire

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Job Type: Full-Time | Permanent

Autograph Recruitment are delighted to be supporting a well-established engineering manufacturer in their search for an experienced Quality Manager to join their leadership team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Quality professional who enjoys making a real impact. You'll take ownership of the Quality function, lead a dedicated team and play a key role in driving continuous improvement, ensuring compliance and maintaining the highest quality standards across the business.

The Role

As Quality Manager, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the company's Quality Management Systems, leading audits, driving quality initiatives and ensuring compliance with industry standards. You'll work closely with senior leadership and other departments to improve processes, reduce non-conformances and promote a culture of quality throughout the organisation.

Responsibilities of Quality Manager:

• Lead, motivate and develop the Quality team.
• Manage and maintain the Integrated Management System (IMS).
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and relevant quality standards.
• Lead internal and external audits.
• Manage customer complaints, non-conformances and CAPA processes.
• Analyse quality data, identify trends and implement improvements.
• Work collaboratively with Production, Engineering and Operations teams.
• Drive continuous improvement projects across the business.
• Produce KPI reports and present findings to senior management.
• Support the business in achieving operational excellence.

About You

We're looking for someone who has:

• Previous experience as a Quality Manager within manufacturing or engineering.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Experience leading audits and managing compliance.
• A background in continuous improvement and problem solving.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Engineering qualifications or equivalent experience would be advantageous.

Next Steps…

If you're an experienced Quality Manager looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply, please submit your CV, or contact Holly Williams on (phone number removed)  for a confidential discussion.

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