Quality Manager

PERMANENT FUTURES LIMITED; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm in Cambridge seeks a Quality Manager to oversee their quality management system. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with ISO9001 and audit leadership, along with a hands-on approach and the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. This role involves managing a team and driving future quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years' experience in a quality role.
• Lead contact for an external audit from a customer or external assessment body.
• Comfortable training shop-floor level staff and reporting to the board.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the quality management system and make suggestions for improvements.
• Manage a team of five direct quality reports.
• Engage in hands-on quality management on a daily basis.

Skills

ISO9001 expertise

Audit experience

Hands-on approach

Good communication

Education

HND or degree level

Job description

Overview

Quality Manager: My client, an industry leading ISO9001 approved OEM in the Cambridge region, seeks to appoint a Quality Manager to oversee their quality management system. This role could as easily suit a quality engineer looking to make the step up as an existing Quality Manager. Most important is confidence, audit experience, a desire to be hands-on and thorough knowledge of ISO9001.

Responsibilities

Working in conjunction with other production and operations, and utilising five direct quality reports, you will be able to make suggestions for future quality procedure improvements to drive standards up further. As well as managing the quality system you will also be hands-on on a day-to-day basis. The successful Quality Manager will be confident and articulate and have previous experience of leading audits. It is essential you have worked with ISO9001 in a previous quality role.

• Qualification to HND or degree level with minimum five years' experience in a quality role
• Have been the lead contact for an external audit from a customer or external assessment body such as BSI
• Good communicator comfortable training shop-floor level staff one day and reporting to the board the next
• Occasional travel to suppliers may be required and a passport and driving licence are required

Keywords

Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, ISO9001