Quality Assurance Manager

Octagon Group; Fareham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Octagon Group in Fareham, Hampshire, is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead the Quality Management System across engineering and product development. The role focuses on driving ISO 9001 standards, coordinating audits, and partnering with customers on quality matters for pre-sales, qualifications and production.

The successful candidate will have an engineering background, hands-on quality leadership, and a structured, customer-focused approach to ensure automotive, industrial and

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent with relevant discipline.
• ISO 9001 accreditation and internal audit experience.
• Proven experience leading audits and developing quality systems.
• Strong documentation, communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing the company's Quality Management System and Business Management System, ensuring compliance with required standards.
• Managing internal and external audits, maintaining audit schedules and monitoring actions through to completion.
• Working with customers on quality matters relating to pre-sales activity, product qualifications, certifications, production deliveries and failure analysis.
• Identifying and resolving quality issues and non-conformances, maintaining procedures and work instructions, and preparing quality documentation and reports.

Skills

Quality management

Auditing

Documentation

Project management

Education

Engineering degree (Electronics/Physics/CS)

Tools

ISO 9001

Audit accreditation

Job description

Quality Assurance Manager - Quality Assurance & Electronics - Fareham, Hampshire

A Quality Assurance Manager job is available in Fareham, Hampshire, with an established technology business specialising in advanced capacitive touch technology, touchscreen ICs and innovative human-machine interface solutions for the automotive, industrial and medical sectors.

We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Manager with an engineering background and proven experience in developing and maintaining Quality Management Systems. You will need strong knowledge of ISO 9001, internal and external auditing, and the ability to drive quality standards across engineering and product development.

Based in Fareham, you will lead the company's Quality Assurance systems, working closely with engineering teams and customers to maintain quality standards, manage audits, resolve non-conformances and support product qualifications and certifications.

Responsibilities of the Quality Assurance Manager job in Fareham, Hampshire

• Leading and developing the company's Quality Management System and Business Management System, ensuring compliance with required standards.
• Managing internal and external audits, maintaining audit schedules and monitoring actions through to completion.
• Working with customers on quality matters relating to pre-sales activity, product qualifications, certifications, production deliveries and failure analysis.
• Identifying and resolving quality issues and non-conformances, maintaining procedures and work instructions, and preparing quality documentation and reports.

Requirements of the Quality Assurance Manager job in Fareham, Hampshire

• An engineering degree or equivalent, ideally in Electronics, Physics, Programming or Computer Science.
• ISO 9001 accreditation, including internal audit accreditation, with experience implementing and developing Quality or Business Management Systems.
• Proven experience leading internal and external audits, establishing quality procedures and standards, and analysing and reporting statistical information.
• Strong documentation, communication and project management skills, with a structured, hands-on and customer-focused approach. Knowledge of automotive quality standards, risk management and product compliance legislation would be advantageous.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Quality Assurance Manager to take ownership of quality systems within an innovative technology business, supporting the development of advanced hardware, software and firmware products while helping to strengthen quality standards and automotive compliance