Quality Manager

Leonardo; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading aerospace company as a Quality Manager. This role involves leading quality teams, managing risks, and driving process improvements to enhance product quality. With flexible working options and competitive benefits, this position offers the opportunity to influence quality practices within a specialized industry.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Private healthcare

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Up to 15% employer pension contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted gym memberships

Access to 4000+ online courses

Management-level bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Expert in quality management and manufacturing processes.
• Strong background in risk assessment and change management.
• Proven success in mentoring and coaching quality teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the quality management team.
• Manage risks and support project assurance plans.
• Communicate quality issues effectively to leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Quality management

Communication

Change management

Risk management

Negotiation

Job description

As a Quality Manager, you will lead, develop, and improve the quality teams, processes, culture, safety, and customer experience to enable world-class production of Leonardo products and support business growth.

You will be the leader of a business area quality management team, responsible for effective leadership, planning, and communication of objectives.

Supporting the Head of Quality, Head of Manufacturing Engineering (including Operations leadership), and Business Area leadership (Sector level Vice President).

You will identify specific sector and program risks, threats, and opportunities that the QM will manage and support.

You will agree on Project Assurance Plans (PAP) at both the Program and Project levels, defining assurance activities aligned with risk, opportunity, and improvement to support the business area and projects.

You are recognized as an expert in quality, operations, manufacturing, leadership principles, and business processes such as finances.

People management and leadership skills are essential, including effective performance and change management (change agent).

Experience in high-level maturity reviews and assessing lifecycle deliverables to ensure results and actions are implemented is required.

You should have demonstrated knowledge of all phases of the product lifecycle and associated processes, with experience in design/maturity reviews representing quality at a high level.

Experience with NPI/MRL quality processes for bringing new electro-mechanical products to market is important.

You must be an expert in influencing and negotiating using facts, data, proposals, and analysis to support reasoning.

Ability to communicate quality issues at a leadership level in a non-technical, influencing manner is necessary.

Evidence of leadership in capability and process development within quality engineering and the ability to implement change is required.

You should be able to partner effectively with operations, project teams, customers, and suppliers.

Proven success in mentoring and coaching to grow quality excellence within the business.

Experience in reducing TQNQ and implementing a root cause and corrective action culture that positively impacts the business.

Security Clearance

Life at Leonardo includes a company-funded benefits package, commitment to learning and development, and flexible working hours focused on employee and customer needs. A career with Leonardo offers numerous opportunities and accessibility.

Benefits include:

• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid options. Part-time opportunities available.
• Company-funded benefits: Private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle allowances (£500/year).
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, buy/sell leave options, and up to 12 additional flexi days per year.
• Pension: Award-winning scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, mental health support, financial wellbeing, and diversity & inclusion networks.
• Lifestyle: Discounted gym memberships, Cycle to Work scheme.
• Training: Access to over 4000 online courses via Coursera.
• Referral Incentive: Rewards for successful referrals.
• Bonus: Management-level bonus scheme.