Quality Manager

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is supporting a precision manufacturing business in Bridgwater to recruit an experienced Quality Manager. You will own quality operations, drive standards across the site, and shape quality performance for world-class products delivered to a global customer base.

In this hands-on role, you will maintain and enhance the quality management system, lead continuous improvement, and ensure compliance across production, engineering, and operations.

Qualifications

• Senior quality professional in a fast-paced, regulated manufacturing environment
• Experience in Aerospace or Medical is advantageous
• Strong knowledge of quality tools and methodologies

Responsibilities

• Lead quality activities across the site, driving improvements in standards and performance
• Maintain and enhance compliance with customer, industry, and regulatory requirements
• Act as main point of contact for customers, auditors, and internal stakeholders
• Manage non-conformances, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality procedures and systems
• Support Health & Safety responsibilities and promote a positive safety culture
• Collaborate with production to improve efficiency and embed quality throughout manufacturing
• Analyze quality data using tools such as SPC, PFMEA, PPAP, 8D, and Pareto analyses

Skills

Quality management

Regulated manufacturing

SPC

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Audits

Tools

PFMEA

PPAP

8D

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is proud to be supporting a well-established, precision manufacturing business in the search for an experienced Quality Manager to take ownership of quality operations and drive standards across their Bridgwater site. This is an excellent opportunity for a quality professional from a highly regulated sector such as aerospace, medical devices, or advanced manufacturing to play a key role in shaping quality performance, improving processes, and ensuring the delivery of world-class products to a global customer base.

Working within a technically advanced manufacturing environment, you'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the company's quality management systems, leading continuous improvement activity, and ensuring the highest standards of compliance are embedded throughout the operation. This is a hands-on role where your expertise will directly influence customer satisfaction, operational performance, and the future growth of the site.

Reporting directly to the Head of Operations, you'll work closely with Production, Engineering, and wider operational teams. You'll act as a key point of contact for customers and external auditors, while supporting the business with quality improvements and day-to-day Health & Safety responsibilities.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and manage all quality activities across the site, driving improvements in standards, processes, and performance.
• Maintain and enhance compliance with customer, industry, and regulatory quality requirements.
• Ensure the site continues to meet required certifications, accreditations, and audit expectations.
• Act as the main point of contact for quality-related matters with customers, auditors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Manage non-conformances, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality procedures, documentation, and systems.
• Support Health & Safety activities, including risk assessments, safe systems of work, incident investigations, and promoting a positive safety culture.
• Work collaboratively with production teams to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and embed quality throughout the manufacturing process.
• Analyse quality performance data and apply tools such as SPC, PFMEA, PPAP, 8D, Pareto analysis, and root cause techniques.
• Support internal training and development to ensure teams understand and maintain required quality and safety standards.

This is what you'll need:

• Proven experience in a senior quality role within a fast-paced, regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience working within Aerospace or Medical is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of quality tools.