Quality Manager

Ashley & Finch Recruitment; Corsham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent rates of pay

39-hour working week

Mileage subsidy

Pension scheme access

25 days annual holiday

Job summary

Ashley & Finch Recruitment is seeking a Quality Manager for a reputable precision engineering client on a permanent basis. The role focuses on overseeing quality and inspection, ensuring AS9100 and ISO 9001 compliance, and driving continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will lead the QMS, manage non-conformances, and act as the main customer contact for quality matters, with a 39-hour week and excellent pay dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience as Quality Manager in aerospace/engineering settings.
• Hands-on knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards.
• Proven ability to lead external and internal audits.
• Strong problem‑solving using lean six sigma or related tools.
• Experience managing and developing a Quality Management System.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quality and inspection cell and cover duties during peaks.
• Ensure all output meets customer requirements and standards.
• Maintain and monitor AS9100/ISO 9001 approvals and QMS.
• Develop internal audit programmes and review documentation.
• Own QMS documentation and update as needed.
• Manage non-conformances from audits, complaints, or defects.
• Promote continuous improvement with cross‑functional teams.
• Act as primary customer contact for quality matters.
• Provide leadership to keep the team engaged and skilled.
• Support health and safety initiatives on site.
• Manage tooling register and calibrations of measuring equipment.

Skills

AS9100

ISO 9001

Lean Six Sigma

Quality assurance

Audit leadership

Tools

MRP

ERP systems

Job description

Quality Manager

We are recruiting a Quality Manager for our reputable precision engineering client on a permanent basis.

Salary: Excellent rates of pay, dependent on experience and ability.

Hours: 39 hours per week, half day Friday.

Role: Quality Manager.

About Our Client

A well-established precision engineering business operating to demanding aerospace and engineering quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the quality and inspection cell, undertaking inspection duties during peak periods and holidays where required to ensure work is completed on time.
• Ensure all work leaving the company meets customer requirements and applicable AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards.
• Maintain the company’s AS9100 and ISO 9001 approvals through the effective management of its Quality Management System.
• Develop and implement an internal audit programme to ensure compliance with regulatory and company standards and evaluate working practices.
• Take ownership of all QMS documentation, ensuring it is reviewed at the required frequency, maintained to the appropriate standard and updated where necessary.
• Manage quality non-conformances arising from internal and external audits, customer complaints and the receipt of non-conforming products.
• Promote continuous improvement across the business, working with internal teams to share best practice and provide audit support.
• Act as the primary customer contact for all quality-related matters.
• Provide leadership and direction to keep employees within the function engaged, focused and developing to their full potential.
• Contribute positively to health and safety standards across the site.
• Manage the company tooling register and ensure measuring equipment is calibrated when due.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Quality Manager within the aerospace industry, working to AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards.
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance, external standards and internal auditing.
• Proven experience leading aerospace or engineering compliance audits.
• Solid problem‑solving expertise, including Lean Six Sigma and other quality techniques used to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Significant technical knowledge and a strong understanding of relevant quality standards and processes.
• Experience managing people and providing leadership within a quality function.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with a methodical and logical approach.
• Strong communication, diplomacy and negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders at all levels.

Desirable

• Experience within a machining or production environment.
• The ability to interpret engineering drawings, geometric tolerances, revisions, symbols and layouts.
• Experience using MRP and ERP systems.

What’s Offered

• Excellent rates of pay based on previous experience and ability.
• A 39‑hour working week with a half‑day finish every Friday.
• A mileage subsidy to assist with travel to and from work.
• Access to the company salary sacrifice pension scheme after successfully completing the three‑month probationary period.
• Twenty‑five days’ annual holiday, excluding bank holidays, with a company shutdown over the Christmas and New Year period.