Quality Manager – ISO 9001 & Continuous Improvement Lead

Express Recruitment Limited; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Recruitment is seeking a Quality Manager for an established engineering business in the UK. The role focuses on owning QA and QC, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring components and finished products meet exacting standards and customer specs.

You will work with engineering, purchasing and suppliers to develop the QMS, audit suppliers, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining quality data and records.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering qualification and experience within a light engineering environment.
• Good understanding of manufacturing and finishing processes.
• Previous quality management and auditing experience, including practical knowledge of ISO 9001
• Ability to interpret complex engineering drawings and technical specifications
• Experience using inspection equipment
• Strong working knowledge of quality and continuous improvement frameworks, including APQP, PPAP, Kanban, Kaizen and Six Sigma
• Proven project management experience and a methodical approach to problem-solving
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues, customers and suppliers
• Ability to work independently within a small team, with strong attention to detail
• Good Microsoft Office skills; knowledge of SAP and purchasing functions would be advantageous
• Willingness to travel internationally and to customer and supplier sites
• Valid, clean UK driving licence and valid UK passport
• Manage, maintain and develop the company’s Quality Management System, covering quality assurance and quality control
• Ensure materials, components and finished products meet relevant standards, engineering drawings and customer specifications
• Maintain accurate drawing and technical specification libraries
• Oversee goods inwards inspection and maintain associated records and quality data
• Manage non-conformances from identification and containment through to investigation, corrective action and closure
• Conduct root cause analysis using techniques such as 5 Whys and Fishbone diagrams
• Implement corrective and preventive actions, verifying their effectiveness through audits and follow-up checks
• Develop and maintain the calibration system for inspection and measuring equipment
• Conduct internal quality audits and external supplier audits
• Work with purchasing and suppliers to improve quality, reduce costs and support on-time delivery
• Provide technical guidance to colleagues, customers and suppliers

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain and develop the company’s Quality Management System, covering quality assurance and quality control
• Oversee goods inwards inspection and maintain associated records and quality data
• Manage non-conformances from identification and containment through to investigation, corrective action and closure
• Conduct root cause analysis using techniques such as 5 Whys and Fishbone diagrams
• Implement corrective and preventive actions, verifying their effectiveness through audits and follow-up checks
• Develop and maintain the calibration system for inspection and measuring equipment
• Conduct internal quality audits and external supplier audits
• Work with purchasing and suppliers to improve quality, reduce costs and support on-time delivery
• Provide technical guidance to colleagues, customers and suppliers

Skills

Quality Management

ISO 9001

Auditing

Drawings & specs

Inspection equipment

Continuous improvement

Supplier auditing

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Express Recruitment is seeking a Quality Manager for an established engineering business in the UK. The role focuses on owning QA and QC, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring components and finished products meet exacting standards and customer specs.

You will work with engineering, purchasing and suppliers to develop the QMS, audit suppliers, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining quality data and records.