Quality Assurance Manager

Novax Recruitment Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided

Job summary

Novax Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for a structural steel contractor. The role covers fabrication workshop and live site QA, with authority to halt work if quality standards fail.

You will implement and maintain ISO 9001, EN 1090, and CE/UKCA markings, and drive continuous improvement across projects. You will collaborate with directors, production and site teams to ensure delivery to the required standards, with travel to UK sites as needed.

Qualifications

• ISO 9001 within structural steel
• EN 1090 and CE/UKCA marking knowledge
• ITPs, WPSs, welding qualifications and inspection regimes
• Understanding of welding, fabrication and site erection processes
• Investigation of defects and corrective action
• CE/PCN or equivalent welding inspection qualifications
• Ability to work directly with directors, production teams and clients
• Full UK driving licence

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the quality systems across fabrication workshop and site operations.
• Work with MD, production, site and design teams to ensure projects meet required standards.
• Stop work when quality requirements aren’t met and drive corrective action.
• Lead regular quality reviews with production and site teams.
• Maintain ISO 9001, EN 1090 compliance and CE/UKCA marking requirements.
• Develop and maintain ITPs, WPSs, inspection procedures and quality plans.
• Ensure quality documentation is accurate and timely.
• Manage NCRs and drive close-out within agreed timescales.
• Support qualification and competency checks for welders, inspectors and erectors.
• Collaborate with clients and project teams on quality-related matters.
• Travel to UK sites as required.

Job description

Quality Assurance Manager - Structural Steel

Location: Teesside / UK Sites
Salary: £50 per hour
Contract: 3 months
Accommodation can be provided

Are you a Quality Assurance Manager with strong structural steel experience who knows how to make quality systems work in a live fabrication and site environment?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of quality across a specialist structural steel contractor, working across design, fabrication and erection and having a direct influence on the standards, systems and processes that keep projects compliant and on programme.

The Role

As Quality Assurance Manager, you will take ownership of the company's quality systems across both the fabrication workshop and site operations.

You'll work closely with the Managing Director, production, site and design teams to ensure projects are delivered to the required standards, while identifying areas for improvement and driving corrective action when issues arise.

You'll have the authority to stop work where quality requirements aren't being met, making this a hands-on role with genuine responsibility and influence.

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage and maintain ISO 9001 quality systems across fabrication and site operations.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with EN 1090 and CE/UKCA marking requirements.
• Develop, implement and maintain ITPs, WPSs, inspection procedures and quality plans.
• Ensure inspection and quality documentation is completed accurately and on time.
• Investigate defects and non-conformances, identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Lead regular quality reviews with production and site teams.
• Monitor and close out NCRs within agreed timescales.
• Support the qualification, assessment and competency of welders, inspectors and erectors.
• Work with welding and NDT resources to maintain required inspection standards.
• Ensure project quality files are complete, accurate and ready for handover.
• Work closely with clients, directors and project teams on quality-related matters.
• Travel to sites across the UK as required.

About You

We're looking for someone who has genuine hands-on experience within structural steel fabrication and erection, rather than someone whose experience is purely systems or office based.

You’ll ideally have:

• Proven experience implementing and maintaining ISO 9001 within structural steel.
• Strong knowledge of EN 1090 and CE/UKCA marking.
• Experience producing and enforcing ITPs, WPSs, welding qualifications and inspection regimes.
• A strong understanding of welding, fabrication and site erection processes.
• Experience investigating defects and driving effective corrective action.
• Relevant engineering and/or welding inspection qualifications such as CEng, IEng, CSWIP or PCN, or equivalent.
• The confidence to work directly with directors, production teams, site teams and clients.
• A credible presence within both a workshop and live site environment.
• A full UK driving licence.

Why Consider the Role?

• £50 per hour
• 3-month contract
• Genuine ownership of the quality function.
• Direct access to senior management and the Managing Director.
• Opportunity to make a visible impact across fabrication and erection.
• Varied UK projects rather than being office-based.
• A role where your experience can directly improve quality, compliance and project delivery.

If you’re an experienced Quality Assurance Manager within structural steel and you’re available for a contract opportunity where you can genuinely influence the way quality is managed, we’d like to hear from you.