Quality Manager

Anne Corder Recruitment; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Quality Manager to oversee site quality activities and ensure compliance with standards in Telford. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in a quality leadership role, preferably in high-volume manufacturing. Responsibilities include managing quality issues, analyzing data to improve processes, and fostering a quality culture. This full-time position offers a salary between £42,000 - £47,000 depending on experience. Ideal commuting towns include Shrewsbury.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in quality leadership or senior quality roles in high-volume manufacturing.
• Knowledge of automotive or precision engineering processes.
• Understanding of Quality Management Systems and international standards.

Responsibilities

• Drive site quality activities, ensuring product compliance with standards.
• Act as interface with customers and suppliers for quality issues.
• Analyze quality data to reduce defects and improve processes.
• Promote a strong quality culture through coaching and collaboration.
• Own and maintain the Quality Management System.

Skills

Quality leadership

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Continuous improvement

Job description

Be the guardian of quality, making sure excellence is built into everything not bolted on at the end.

In this job you will drive continuous improvement, reduce risk and defects, and ensure products and services consistently exceed customer and regulatory expectations. If this sounds of interest then this Quality Manager job could be perfect for you!

Job Title:

Quality Manager

Salary:

£42,000 - £47,000

Location:

Telford

ACR are excited to be working in partnership with a established and highly successful engineering business who manufacture precision made parts onsite, offering full metal fabrication services to their clients across Europe. This Quality Manager forms an important link between the metal fabrication team and senior management team to drive efficiencies whilst putting quality standards at the forefront of the engineer’s minds.

Quality Manager Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for site quality activities, ensuring products consistently meet customer, regulatory, and business expectations.
• Act as the primary quality interface with customers and suppliers, managing audits, quality concerns, and corrective actions to protect business reputation.
• Drive measurable improvements in manufacturing performance by analysing quality data, reducing defects, and strengthening process capability.
• Embed a strong quality culture across the organisation through coaching, problem-solving support, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Own the development, maintenance, and effectiveness of the Quality Management System, ensuring it remains robust, compliant, and audit-ready.
• Lead and develop the quality function, setting clear priorities, building capability, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives aligned to business goals.

Skills & Experience Required as a Quality Manager:

• Proven experience in a quality leadership or senior quality role within a high-volume manufacturing environment, with strong knowledge of automotive or precision engineering processes.
• In-depth understanding of Quality Management Systems and international standards, with demonstrated experience preparing for and leading external and customer audits.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, able to interpret quality data, drive corrective actions, and deliver sustainable process improvements.
• Confident people leader and communicator, capable of developing teams, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. This Quality Manager role would suit someone who has come from an engineering or manufacturing background working as a Quality Engineer, Quality Inspector or other Quality Management roles. Ideal commuting towns could include Telford, Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Stafford or Bridgnorth.

If this Quality Manager sounds like a role that would match your skills and experience, we would love to hear from you and look forward to discussing your application in more detail. It is a full time permanent position working Mon-Fri (with an early lunchtime finish on Friday) offering a salary of between £42,000 - £47,000 dependent upon experience.

Anne Corder Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying you will be registered as a candidate with Anne Corder Recruitment Ltd, your personal data may be added to our database as part of the application process. Our privacy policy is available on our website and explains how we will use your data.

Your details will be reviewed by one of our Recruitment Partners and we will contact you again within 5 working days if your application is to be progressed further.