Quality Manager

Matchtech; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 73,800 - 129,150; Part time

Job summary

Matchtech is seeking a Quality Manager for a contract role at the Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth. The position entails leading a quality team, implementing the QMS, and ensuring compliance within a live MOD facility with strict security requirements.

Qualifications include post-qualification experience in quality engineering, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training, and CSCS cards. The role emphasizes strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement in a regulated defence

Qualifications

• Experience in Quality Engineering and quality management.
• Professionally qualified with significant post-qualification experience.
• Relevant academic qualifications in Civil Engineering, Quality, or Construction (e.g., HNC, BSc, MSc, BEng, MEng)
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training
• IOSH Managing Safely certification
• CSCS - White PQP/AQP and CSCS - Managers cards
• Extensive knowledge of quality management systems (QMS) and standards
• Proven leadership and management experience
• Strong strategic planning, decision-making, and communication skills
• Expertise in audit management, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Ability to influence at senior management and stakeholder levels

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing the quality management system (QMS)
• Setting quality objectives and ensuring alignment with business goals
• Overseeing audits (internal and external) and certification processes
• Managing the quality team, including recruitment, training, and performance
• Handling escalated quality issues and leading cross-functional problem-solving
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards
• Reporting quality performance to senior management and clients
• Leading strategic initiatives for quality improvement and risk management

Skills

Quality management

Audits

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

QMS

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

HNC

BSc

MSc

BEng

MEng

Tools

ISO 9001 Lead Auditor

CSCS - White PQP/AQP

Job description

Our client, operating within the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a Quality Manager for a contract position at the Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth. This role involves extensive collaboration with the SRC Lead and a commitment to delivering high standards of quality within a sensitive and secure environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing the quality management system (QMS)
• Setting quality objectives and ensuring alignment with business goals
• Overseeing audits (internal and external) and certification processes
• Managing the quality team, including recruitment, training, and performance
• Handling escalated quality issues and leading cross-functional problem-solving
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards
• Reporting quality performance to senior management and clients
• Leading strategic initiatives for quality improvement and risk management

This position involves working within a live MOD facility, and tasks may vary as needed to meet the project's requirements, supported by training when necessary.

Job Requirements:

• Experience in Quality Engineering and quality management
• Professionally qualified with significant post-qualification experience
• Relevant academic qualifications in Civil Engineering, Quality, or Construction (e.g., HNC, BSc, MSc, BEng, MEng)
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training
• IOSH Managing Safely certification
• CSCS - White PQP/AQP and CSCS - Managers cards
• Extensive knowledge of quality management systems (QMS) and standards
• Proven leadership and management experience
• Strong strategic planning, decision-making, and communication skills
• Expertise in audit management, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Ability to influence at senior management and stakeholder levels

Additional Information:

• Due to the nature of the site, BPSS security clearance is required, which may take up to 8 weeks, followed by SC security clearance, which can take an additional 4 weeks. Eligibility for certain roles may be influenced by factors such as place of birth, nationality, and residency.