Quality Manager

Tech Connect Group; Pontypool; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Connect Group is helping a Pontypool-based specialist vehicle converter recruit a hands-on Quality Manager. You will own product quality, lead a small team of engineers and technicians, and perform QE work personally.

You will drive non-conformance processes, implement permanent corrective actions, and have authority to stop release of finished product if standards aren’t met.

Qualifications

• Hands-on quality engineering background.
• Ability to lead a small quality team.
• Strong root cause and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small quality team including a Quality Engineer, technicians and inspectors.
• Hands-on role—perform QE work and lead the team.
• Own non-conformance, root cause, and permanent corrective actions.

Skills

Quality leadership

Hands-on QE

Root cause analysis

Reading engineering drawings

Problem solving (8D/PDCA)

Driving licence (UK)

Independent working

Team mentoring

Job description

£50,000 - £60,000 D.O.E | Pontypool, Fully Onsite | Permanent

Contract also considered, rate negotiable

The opportunity:

Our client, a specialist vehicle conversion manufacturer, is looking for a hands‑on Quality Manager to take ownership of product quality at their Pontypool site. This is an urgent requirement.

The Role:

• Lead and manage a small quality team including a Quality Engineer, technicians and inspectors


• Hands‑on role - you'll be leading the team but also doing QE work yourself


• Own non‑conformance and root cause processes, driving permanent corrective actions


• Authority to stop release of finished product if standards aren't met


• Work closely with production, NPI and R&D to ensure quality is built in before handover to manufacturing


• Liaise with your counterpart at the group's second site on a fortnightly basis, with occasional travel


• Report into the Senior Quality Manager overseeing quality across both sites


• Manage quality KPIs including scrap, rework and out‑of‑sequence product


• Lead quality audits, FMEA, PPAP and control plan management


• Support new product introduction and pre‑production trials, including work on premium OEM prototype programmes

What They're Looking For:

• Strong hands‑on Quality Engineering background, ideally with some team leadership, OR an established Quality Manager


• Solid knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP and FMEA


• Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience


• Comfortable reading engineering drawings and understanding manufacturing processes


• Strong root cause and problem‑solving skills (8D, 5W2H, PDCA)


• Automotive or vehicle manufacturing background preferred


• Full clean UK driving licence


• Able to work independently in a fast‑paced, high‑pressure environment