Quality Manager

BRUSH Group; Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

26 days holiday

Hybrid working

Life insurance

Pension scheme

Employee assistance

GP24 service

BRUSHRewards

Maternity/Paternity

Bike2work

Long service awards

Professional development

Job summary

BRUSH Transformers in Loughborough is seeking a Quality Manager to lead operational quality across our Transformers production facilities, ensuring products are manufactured, tested, inspected and delivered in line with customer requirements, engineering specifications and company procedures.

You will establish inspection and test plans, monitor conformity through all stages, lead root‑cause investigations, and coach quality engineers and technicians, while driving continuous improvements and

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in a quality engineering, quality supervision or quality leadership role within manufacturing.
• Formal training in root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Strong knowledge of APQP, PPAP and FMEA.
• Leading quality teams within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and inspection requirements.

Responsibilities

• Establish Inspection and Test Plans, ensuring effective implementation throughout manufacturing and assembly.
• Monitor and improve product conformity throughout all stages of manufacture and assembly.
• Verify product conformity to drawings, specifications and customer requirements.
• Maintain product traceability throughout the manufacturing process.
• Facilitate root cause analysis activities using recognised methodologies.
• Lead investigations into manufacturing non-conformances.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing quality performance.
• Support site quality improvement projects.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to site quality personnel.
• Coach and develop quality engineers and technicians.

Skills

Quality leadership

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

Root cause analysis

Drawing interpretation

Education

HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering

Job description

Why choose us?

BRUSH Group provides the energy solutions that help power our built world. From power transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence. We are committed to supporting the global effort for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitious objectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

What's the role?

The Quality Manager is responsible for leading and driving operational quality performance within the Transformers (Loughborough) production facilities. The role ensures that products are manufactured, tested, inspected and delivered in accordance with customer requirements, applicable standards, engineering specifications and company procedures

Key Responsibilities

• Establish Inspection and Test Plans, ensuring effective implementation throughout manufacturing and assembly.
• Monitor and improve product conformity throughout all stages of manufacture and assembly.
• Verify product conformity to drawings, specifications and customer requirements.
• Ensure quality hold points and witness points are effectively managed.
• Maintain product traceability throughout the manufacturing process.
• Facilitate root cause analysis activities using recognised methodologies
• Lead investigations into manufacturing non-conformances.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing quality performance.
• Support site quality improvement projects.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to site quality personnel.
• Coach and develop quality engineers and technicians.

What We’re Looking For

• HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Management or related discipline.
• Formal training in root cause analysis and problem solving.
• CQI Membership
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a quality engineering, quality supervision or quality leadership role within manufacturing.
• Strong experience and knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Leading quality teams within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and inspection requirements.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
• Flexible and Hybrid working options (role dependant)
• Life insurance – 4 x annual salary
• Enhanced Company Pension scheme
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• GP24 Service – Access to remote, private GP services 24/7, 365 days a year plus Second Medical Opinions.
• BRUSHRewards – Discover plenty of ways to get more active and make great savings on everyday essentials as well as gifts for loved ones, holidays and special treats for yourself.
• Family friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Bike2work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering ongoing professional development and training.

About The Organisation

BRUSH Transformers provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects. A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.