Quality Manager

Rubicon Recruitment; Dundee; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rubicon Recruitment in Dundee is seeking a Quality Manager to lead the site Quality function and join the Site Leadership Team. You will shape strategy, drive audits, and ensure regulatory and customer compliance across the business.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership to quality teams, act as main contact for customers on quality matters, and continually improve the Quality Management System to prevent recurrence and deliver improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years' progressive experience in Quality roles within regulated manufacturing environments
• 5+ years' leadership experience managing Quality teams, including leading leaders
• Demonstrated experience leading and maintaining Quality Management Systems
• Proven experience leading internal, external and customer audits with corrective action plans
• Strong knowledge of quality methodologies such as 8D, 5 Why and CAPA

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality function for the site, aligning with business and organisational standards
• Provide strategic and operational leadership to Quality teams, including engineers, auditors and inspectors
• Act as primary point of contact for customers on quality matters, including escalations and corrective actions
• Establish and continuously improve the Quality Management System to ensure regulatory and customer compliance
• Lead internal, external and customer audits, ensuring effective preparation and closure of findings
• Drive structured problem-solving using root cause analysis to eliminate recurrence

Skills

Leadership

Quality management

Root cause analysis

Audits

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field

Job description

Quality Manager | Dundee | Competitive Salary

Lead Quality for a growing manufacturing site and shape the strategy, not just the compliance. This Quality Manager role sits on the Site Leadership Team, with real influence over how quality is built into the business, not bolted on. If you want a role where your judgement drives decisions, this is it.

Benefits

• A seat on the Site Leadership Team with genuine strategic input
• Autonomy to shape the Quality function and its direction
• Exposure to global stakeholders and cross-functional influence
• Supportive senior leadership and clear decision rights within your domain
• Genuine scope for career development in a growing organisation

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality function for the site, aligning with business and organisational standards
• Provide strategic and operational leadership to Quality teams, including engineers, auditors and inspectors
• Act as primary point of contact for customers on quality matters, including escalations and corrective actions
• Establish and continuously improve the Quality Management System to ensure regulatory and customer compliance
• Lead internal, external and customer audits, ensuring effective preparation and closure of findings
• Drive structured problem-solving using root cause analysis to eliminate recurrence

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field
• 10+ years' progressive experience in Quality roles within regulated manufacturing environments
• 5+ years' leadership experience managing Quality teams, including leading leaders
• Demonstrated experience leading and maintaining Quality Management Systems
• Proven experience leading internal, external and customer audits with corrective action plans
• Strong knowledge of quality methodologies such as 8D, 5 Why and CAPA

If you're ready to bring strategic rigour to a site's Quality function and see the impact of your decisions first-hand, this Quality Manager role offers that platform. Apply today with an up-to-date CV or call Amber Thorne at Rubicon for more information.