QMS Lead

Synnovate; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Synnovate in Aberdeen is seeking an experienced QMS Lead to own the Integrated Management System from scratch, unifying Business, Safety and Quality into a single, audit-ready framework.

You will gather fragmented documentation, implement version control, and embed best practices across the organisation, engaging stakeholders at all levels. Willingness to relocate to Aberdeen is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building or rebuilding a QMS/IMS from scratch.
• Strong knowledge of integrated management system frameworks across quality, business and safety.
• Self-starter who can define priorities and drive initiatives independently.
• Strong document control, structuring and process-mapping skills.
• Confident engaging stakeholders at all levels to gather buy-in.
• Based in or willing to relocate to the Aberdeen area.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild IMS from the ground up, consolidating docs and processes into a single, audit-ready system.
• Implement document meta-tagging and version control for traceability.
• Identify, standardise and embed best-practice processes across the organisation.
• Drive a pipeline of quality and process improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Business, Safety and Operations to reflect how the business actually works.

Skills

QMS/IMS development

Stakeholder engagement

Document control

Process mapping

Self-starter

Job description

My global customer is looking for an experienced QMS Lead to take ownership of building and rebuilding its Integrated Management System (IMS) - bringing together Business, Safety, and Quality Management processes into one coherent, well-governed framework.

This is a hands-on, build-from-scratch role for someone who knows exactly what "good" looks like when it comes to quality management systems, and who's comfortable rolling their sleeves up to get there.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for rebuilding the Integrated Management System from the ground up, pulling together fragmented documentation, processes, and ways of working into a single, structured, and audit-ready system.

Key focus areas include:

• Rebuilding and structuring the Integrated Management System (IMS), spanning Business, Safety, and Quality Management processes
• Pulling together existing documentation from across the business, assessing what’s fit for purpose and what needs reworking
• Implementing document meta-tagging and version control to bring order and traceability to the system
• Identifying, standardising, and embedding best-practice processes across the organisation
• Driving a pipeline of quality and process improvement initiatives
• Working closely with stakeholders across Business, Safety, and Operations to ensure the system reflects how the business actually works

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience building or rebuilding a QMS/IMS from scratch - this is not a "maintain what's already there" role
• Strong working knowledge of integrated management system frameworks spanning quality, business, and safety processes
• A genuine self-starter - comfortable defining their own priorities and driving initiatives independently
• Strong document control, structuring, and process-mapping skills
• Confident engaging stakeholders at all levels to gather buy‑in and information
• Based in or able to relocate to the Aberdeen area

The Details

• Location: Aberdeen - full-time on-site, five days a week, with periodic travel required to other sites
• Contract: 2-year fixed-term contract
• Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (DOE)

If you’ve built a QMS from the ground up before and want to lead that process for a new exciting customer, we’d love to hear from you