Quality Manager

Advanced Medical Solutions; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Medical Solutions is seeking a Site Quality Lead at the Plymouth site to ensure patient safety and regulatory compliance. You will oversee QA activities, CAPA, audits, validation, and QMS across manufacturing and R&D, delivering high-quality products.

You will act as Management Representative for Quality, drive improvement projects, and ensure staff training aligned with MDR/MDSAP regulations. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality initiatives in medical devices/pharma.
• Proven knowledge of quality systems and MDR/MDSAP requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in QA environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day Plymouth site quality activities to ensure patient safety and compliance.
• Lead CAPA, document control, audits, validation, risk management, and QMS reviews.
• Act as site Management Representative for Quality at Plymouth.
• Drive quality strategies and continuous improvement across the site.

Skills

Quality leadership

ISO 13485

Quality Assurance

CAPA

Regulatory compliance

Education

BSc in scientific discipline

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Company Description

Who are Advanced Medical Solutions? AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand®, RESORBA®, LiquiBandFix8®, LIQUIFIX™, Peters Surgical, Ifabond, Vitalitec and Seal-G®. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates, and foams through its ActivHeal® brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made seven acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants, Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business, Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist, Syntacoll a German specialist in collagen-based absorbable surgical implants and Peters Surgical a global provider of specialty surgical sutures, mechanical haemostasis and internal cyanoacrylate devices. AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Thailand, India, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Poland, Benelux, India, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 1,500 employees. For more information, please see www.admedsol.com

Job Description

Job Details

• This role has direct responsibility for managing the day-to-day quality activities for the Plymouth site and ensuring teams are in place with the correct skill sets and experience to ensure compliance and patient safety.
• Directly supporting site operations and R&D to manufacture and develop right first time, high quality products and processes, ensuring compliance with the applicable requirements of cGMP, FDA QMSR 21 CFR 820, ISO13485 and European Medical Devices Directive/Regulations and all other applicable regulations/standards.
• To assure necessary compliance requirements through the Quality Management System including continuous improvement, CAPA management, document management, quality planning, internal and external audits, validation, risk management, and continuous Quality Management Review.
• Assume the role of Management Representative for the Plymouth site.

What This Role Will Involve

• This position has responsibility of the site quality team at the Plymouth site, which includes, quality systems, quality engineering and QC where required.
• To support the maintenance and improvement of the site quality management system to comply with the requirements of MDR and MDSAP regulations and Group procedures where applicable.
• Drive the successful execution and implementation of applicable Quality strategies.
• To ensure site Quality team are well trained and motivated in doing work.
• Prepare and manage budget for the site quality function.
• Act as site Management representative, where required.
• As part of site Operations management team, establish and manage quality improvement projects in accordance with company objectives.
• To ensure adequate support to ensure effective delivery of new product development. Responsible for the quality deliverables of NPD products and that they are designed and developed in compliance with design control and validation requirements.
• Maintain quality management system certification.
• Responsible for the continuous improvement of the Quality management system.
• Responsible for decision making related to quality issues. Root cause analysis and re-medical action. Avoidance of any Product recalls.

What we're looking for?

• BSc or equivalent in scientific discipline or the abilities that are typically acquired through a minimum of 4+ years’ experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industries.
• Demonstrate leadership experience in previous roles.
• Must be proficient in the knowledge of applicable Quality System Regulations and ISO quality requirements.
• Knowledge of the Medical Device regulation.
• Proficient in knowledge of QA, Manufacturing, Validation, Change Control, and Design Control processes.
• Proficient in spreadsheets and word processor applications.
• Proficient in concepts of statistics, sampling plans and statistical analysis.
• Proficient in analytical methods, equipment, process, software, cleaning and/or facility/utility validations.
• Ability to independently plan, execute, and/or problem solve moderate to complex situations.
• Ability to exercise judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Good written and oral communication skills are required, for example to ensure succinct report generation, effective communication with staff, peer groups, etc. across organisation.
• Computer literate - knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and Excel an advantage - to produce reports, analyse data etc. effectively.