Manager, Quality Systems

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the medical device industry is seeking a Quality Systems Manager in Manchester. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with FDA and ISO standards, leading quality improvements, and integrating quality functions with manufacturing practices. Ideal candidates will have experience in quality engineering, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to excellence in quality management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience required.
• Experience in regulated environments needed.
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee implementation of quality systems ensuring compliance with FDA and ISO standards.
• Integrate quality functions with manufacturing for continuous improvement.
• Provide organizational assessments and enhance system interface capabilities.

Skills

Problem solving

Project management

Process improvement

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Quality Systems Manager will provide overall company leadership and direction for Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Systems, encompassing both improvements and sustaining activities. Objectives involve ensuring patient and employee safety and the achievement of customer quality requirements, create, monitor and improve quality systems/programs, reduce quality costs and maintain compliance within FDA and ISO regulations. The role requires the above to be accomplished within Tecomet principles of continuous improvement, customer driven innovation and a win first culture, while meeting company financial and other performance metrics.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee and implement an advanced level of world-class quality systems for planning, design of experiments (DOE), ISO 13485, quality function development (QFD), design for world-class manufacturability.
• Take a leadership role and mentor supporting functional team members.
• Integrate the quality function with manufacturing as a value added (real-time) support function, optimizing the continuous quality improvement process, while reducing cost and improving customer relationships.
• Design and facilitate the development of quality systems for a highly regulated medical device industry to achieve customer satisfaction, increase productivity and maximize the profit margins for Tecomet. The objective is to devise systems that facilitate good products fast without compromise.
• Assure Tecomet is conducting business within compliance to the regulations, as cost effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Provide organizational assessments to upper management.
• Enhance company systems interface capabilities while optimizing the capabilities to perpetuate harmonized systems improvements through deployment of best practices from the collective experience contribution of the worldwide teams.
• Focus on continual quality improvement, while aligned with internal and external customer expectations. The results/objectives are geared on achieving an error-free (flawless) process, which will deliver products on time with world-class quality standards for improving quality, profits and generating new business.
• Ensure the organization is basing improvement related decisions on factually/meaningful data, subsequently reducing waste and expediting the recognition of favorable results.
• Leadership responsibility for promoting and developing the Tecomet Worldwide Quality Management Systems Software implementation/validation and harmonization (ETQ); New Product Development; and Worldwide Supplier Quality Systems.
• Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned by supervisor.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong people and leadership skills
• Diplomacy
• Motivation
• Teaching/Coaching/Mentoring
• Verbal and written communication and listening skills
• Highly Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Problem solving and evaluation
• Process improvement
• Project management
• ISO 13485/EN46001
• ISO 14001
• Federal and State laws and regulations
• Knowledge of International Quality Standards
• Strong auditing background
• Speak in front of people in a variety of settings
• Be flexible and adapt to changes in the marketplace
• Create and manage high performing work teams
• Interface professionally and courteously with customers/public/internal staff
• Meet goals and objectives set for the company
• Make decisions in a consistent, professional manner
• Maximize opportunities for the business

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:

Educational/Training Requirement:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (ME, IE, BME),
• Experience, training and certification may be considered
• Master’s degree (desirable but not essential)

Experience:

• 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience within a manufacturing environment required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience related to working within a regulated environment is .
• 3-5 years working directly with New Product Development and/or related launches, .

Licenses/Certifications:

• Six Sigma Black Belt certification (desirable but not essential)
• ASQ: CBA, CQA and CQE certification, .

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS:

• Mobility to move throughout the production facilities and various sites, and to sit for eight (8) or more hours per day.
• Able to communicate quickly and clearly verbally, in writing and by phone.
• Able to perform repetitive, highly accurate keyboard operations for eight(8) or more hours per day and on weekends (if required)
• Ability to read fine print
• Position takes place in a well-lighted, heated/air-conditioned indoor office/production setting with adequate ventilation
• Light physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of a primarily administrative nature.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items and work with fingers
• Ability to wear proper PPE.TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: X YES NO
  • Travel will be determined as needed.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Protected/ Veterans/Disabilities/Drug Free Workplace