Hands-On Quality Manager — ISO 9001 / IATF Lead

Cranleigh STEM & Sustainability Recruitment; Telford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish Fridays

Training opportunities

Ownership of quality

Job summary

Cranleigh STEM & Sustainability Recruitment are partnering with a growing manufacturing business in Telford to recruit a hands-on Quality Manager. You will own the Quality function and lead a small team while collaborating with Production and Sales to drive quality standards and continuous improvement.

This role suits a practical, proactive Quality professional who enjoys on-the-floor involvement and has a strong focus on customer satisfaction and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Quality management experience within manufacturing environments.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 (advantageous).
• Experience with problem-solving techniques and corrective actions.
• Experience supervising or managing a small team.
• Ability to work directly with production teams, customers and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Manage and continually improve the Quality Management System to ISO standards.
• Lead and develop the quality team with a hands-on approach on the shop floor.
• Manage internal, external and customer audits.
• Investigate non-conformances, lead root cause analysis, implement corrective actions.
• Oversee calibration, document control and quality KPI reporting.
• Collaborate with Production and Sales to resolve quality issues and meet customer requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement across manufacturing processes.
• Support supplier and customer quality assurance activities.

Skills

Quality management

ISO 9001 / IATF16949 knowledge

Root cause analysis

Team leadership

PPAP knowledge

Job description

Cranleigh STEM & Sustainability Recruitment are partnering with a growing manufacturing business in Telford to recruit a hands-on Quality Manager. You will own the Quality function and lead a small team while collaborating with Production and Sales to drive quality standards and continuous improvement.

This role suits a practical, proactive Quality professional who enjoys on-the-floor involvement and has a strong focus on customer satisfaction and process improvement.