Quality Manager

Bruntons Aero Products; Musselburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bruntons Aero Products is a precision engineering business in Musselburgh, manufacturing aerospace components with strict quality and compliance standards. We seek a Quality Manager to own the QMS and lead the quality team on site.

This is a hands-on leadership role balancing system compliance with practical shop floor engagement, driving CAPA and First Article Inspection, and embedding a right-first-time culture across the business.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality in aerospace or high-precision manufacturing.
• Strong EN9100 knowledge and audit experience.
• Proven CAPA and First Article Inspection experience.
• Hands-on, pragmatic leader with shop floor credibility.
• Excellent communication across shop floor and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve EN9100 compliant QMS.
• Manage quality processes, docs, and audits.
• Oversee inspection and verification, including First Article Inspection support.
• Lead root cause investigations and CAPA actions.
• Lead internal audits and host external audits.
• Collaborate with customers and suppliers on quality matters.
• Provide visible quality leadership aligned to site KPIs.
• Develop and coach the quality team and inspectors.

Skills

Quality leadership

EN9100 knowledge

Audit readiness

CAPA management

First Article Inspection

Shop floor engagement

Communication

Tools

AS9102 First Article Inspection

Job description

Bruntons Aero Products is a precision engineering business operating in regulated, high-performance markets. At Bruntons, we manufacture critical aerospace components where quality, reliability and compliance are non- negotiable.

As we continue to strengthen our operational performance, we are looking for a Quality Manager to lead quality across our EN9100 certified manufacturing site in Musselburgh.

The Role

Reporting to the Site Director, you will take full ownership of the Business Management System and lead the quality and inspection team on site.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will balance management system compliance with practical shop floor engagement, ensuring product conformity, reducing cost of poor quality and embedding a right first-time culture across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve the EN9100 Compliant Business Management System
• Ensure quality processes, procedures and documentation are controlled and audit ready
• Oversee inspection and verification activity, including support for AS9102 First Article Inspection
• Lead root cause investigations into nonconformances, scrap and rework, driving effective corrective and preventive action
• Own the internal audit program and host external audits, ensuring timely closure of findings
• Partner with customers and suppliers on quality matters, driving performance improvement
• Provide visible operational quality leadership aligned to site KPIs
• Develop and coach the quality and inspection team, strengthening capability and accountability

About You

• Experience in a Quality leadership role within aerospace or high precision manufacturing
• Strong working knowledge of EN9100 and audit requirements
• Experience managing CAPA processes and First Article Inspection
• Structured, pragmatic and detail focused
• Confident communicator able to influence both shop floor and leadership teams
• Comfortable operating in a visible, hands-on manufacturing environment