Quality Manager - 17025 & UKAS Compliance Lead

Solutions Driven; Preston; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Solutions Driven is seeking a Quality Manager in Preston to own the Quality Management System and lead the ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. You will be the go-to for UKAS, ensuring daily compliance, driving a culture of quality across laboratories and site teams.

The role requires hands-on 17025 experience and a track record of managing UKAS assessments, with leadership responsibility to implement CAPA, audits and continuous improvement across activities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on ISO/IEC 17025 experience in a UKAS-accredited lab is essential.
• Direct experience managing UKAS assessments, including responding to findings and closing out
• Ownership of a Quality Management System across laboratory and site activities
• Experience in internal auditing, NCR investigations and root cause analysis
• Experience leading people and driving change in an operational environment
• Based within commuting distance of Preston

Responsibilities

• Own the QMS with ISO/IEC 17025 as the priority, plus ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
• Manage the UKAS relationship, including assessments and surveillance visits
• Lead internal audits, NCR investigations, root cause analysis and CAPA across laboratory and site activity
• Train and coach laboratory and site teams on 17025 requirements in practice
• Maintain quality documentation, procedures, method records and governance
• Oversee quality across survey activity
• Support planned growth in laboratory activity

Skills

ISO/IEC 17025

QMS ownership

Internal auditing

CAPA

Leadership

UKAS assessments

Job description

Solutions Driven is seeking a Quality Manager in Preston to own the Quality Management System and lead the ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. You will be the go-to for UKAS, ensuring daily compliance, driving a culture of quality across laboratories and site teams.

The role requires hands-on 17025 experience and a track record of managing UKAS assessments, with leadership responsibility to implement CAPA, audits and continuous improvement across activities.