Quality Assurance Officer

Victrex Manufacturing Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading polymer solutions company in the UK is seeking a Quality Assurance Officer to ensure compliance with international standards. This role involves leading quality assurance activities, managing customer complaints, and supporting audits. Candidates should have experience in a regulated industry and a degree in a relevant field. The position offers a competitive salary with benefits including healthcare and a company pension.

Benefits

Private healthcare

29 days holiday

Generous pension contribution

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a highly regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of quality management systems relevant to market sectors.
• Hands-on experience with auditing processes in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance activities across the full product lifecycle.
• Approve batch releases and implement quality compliance plans.
• Manage customer complaints, CAPAs, and root cause investigations.

Skills

Understanding of quality management systems

Experience in a regulated industry

Hands-on auditing experience

Education

Degree in a relevant science or engineering discipline

Tools

ISO 13485

MDR

FDA QMSR

Job description

Victrex is a world leader in high-performance polymer solutions, and we’re looking for a Quality Assurance Officer to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring quality compliance across the full product lifecycle in a highly regulated industry.

About the Role

As a Quality Assurance Officer, you’ll be the quality lead on project teams, ensuring our products and services meet international standards and regulatory requirements. You’ll be responsible for design approvals, managing customer complaints, and leading validation activities. You’ll also support audits and maintain technical documentation to enable product registration.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance activities across the full product lifecycle.
• Approve batch releases.
• Define and implement quality compliance plans.
• Manage customer complaints, CAPAs, and root cause investigations.
• Plan and report validation activities internally and with suppliers/customers.
• Maintain Master Files and Technical Files for product registration.
• Support internal, supplier, customer, and regulatory audits.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on quality matters.

Experience Required

• Proven experience in a highly regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of quality management systems relevant to market sectors.
• Hands‑on experience with auditing processes in regulated environments, including:
  • ISO 13485
  • MDR
  • FDA QMSR

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant science or engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer an attractive benefits package including private healthcare, 29 days holiday and a generous company pension contribution.

Additional Information

This role requires frequent travel to our Lancashire HQ, so flexibility and willingness to travel are essential.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.

At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.

Diversity & Inclusion

Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, or a confidential chat: [e-mail]