Quality Manager

Green Folk; Painter's Forstal; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A precision manufacturing company in Kent is seeking a Quality Manager to oversee quality assurance and control across its aerospace operations. The ideal candidate should possess at least 5 years of quality management experience, a strong knowledge of AS9100 and NADCAP requirements, and robust leadership abilities. The role offers an attractive salary, career development opportunities, and various benefits, including generous holiday entitlement and life assurance coverage.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Life Assurance benefits

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of quality management experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Deep understanding of AS9100, NADCAP, ISO 9001, and aerospace customer quality requirements.
• Experience with PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, and other quality tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the existing Quality Management System (QMS).
• Oversee all quality control processes in manufacturing operations.
• Lead internal and external audits, ensuring prompt resolution of non-conformances.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Engineering drawings interpretation

Non-destructive testing (NDT)

IT literacy

Education

5+ years in aerospace manufacturing quality management

Tools

Electronic quality management software (EQMS)

ERP systems

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Quality Manager

Precision Manufacturing, Aerospace

Job ID : 39921

7.30am – 4.00pm Monday – Thursday & 7.30am – 1.30pm Friday

60,000 - £70,000 per annum

Kent

Position Summary :

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented but commercially pragmatic Quality Manager to lead the quality assurance and control functions at one of their manufacturing facilities (team size circa 14 members of staff across the quality assurance department.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of manufacturing metal components to aerospace industry standards, (e.g., AS9100, NADCAP etc) and regulatory compliance requirements. This role is critical to ensuring that strict quality requirements and customer expectations are met while helping to drive continuous improvement in all aspects of operations.

Education & Experience needed for Quality Manager

• Minimum 5 years of quality management experience gained in an aerospace manufacturing environment, preferably with metals
• Deep understanding of AS9100, NADCAP, ISO 9001, and aerospace customer quality requirements
• Experience with PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, and other quality tools.
• Familiarity with metallurgy, especially aluminium and non-ferrous alloys used in aerospace components.

Skills & Competencies needed from the Quality Manager

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting engineering drawings, GD&T, and customer specifications.
• Hands-on experience with non-destructive testing (NDT), CMM, digital scanning and other inspection tools.
• Must be IT literate, with a demonstrable proficiency in using electronic quality management software (EQMS), ERP systems, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Six Sigma or Lean certification experience

Key Responsibilities :

• Manage and continue to develop the existing Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and customer-specific requirements.
• Oversee all quality control processes throughout manufacturing operations
• Organise and lead internal audits and manage external audits (customer, regulatory, and third-party certification bodies), ensuring any identified non-conformances are promptly closed out promptly with appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensure effective non-conformance management, including root cause analysis (RCA) using 8D and similar techniques, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain and improve NADCAP accreditations, supporting special process requalifications (e.g., heat treating, welding and non-destructive testing).
• Continue to develop, monitor and report KPIs related to quality, including scrap and rework rates, customer complaints
• Oversee incoming material, in-process, and final inspection activities; ensure calibration of all measurement and testing equipment.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and supply chain to proactively identify quality risks and opportunities for process improvement.
• Act as the primary quality contact for customers, managing customer quality requirements, audits, and prompt issue resolution.
• Provide leadership and training to quality personnel and ensure a strong quality culture continues to be fostered throughout the organisation.

Benefits / Other

• Opportunity to shape and lead quality strategy and build personal stature in a high growth, technically challenging environment.
• You will be backed up by the combined resources of a successful global aerospace operation.
• Attractive opportunities exist for on-going career development and advancement in an organisation that invests strongly in its people, rewards personal commitment and can offer multiple future career pathways.
• Holidays - 25 days holiday plus banks (The company elects to be closed for normal business over the Christmas period a total of 6 days of which 3 are from normal holiday entitlement and 3 are from statutory entitlement)
• Pension - 5%-3%
• Life Assurance - You will be covered by Company’s Life Assurance benefits. The scheme provides for a lumpsum benefit payable on death in service equivalent to 2x pensionable salary.
• Onsite parking

Embracing diversity in all its forms, our client is an equal opportunity employer. They welcome individuals from all walks of life, irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.

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