Quality & Process Improvement Manager

Joloda Hydraroll; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £40,000–£60,000

Core hours 8:30am–4:30pm

Direct access to senior leadership

Path to department manager level

Job summary

Joloda Hydraroll in Liverpool is seeking a quality and process improvement lead to own strategy and build a lean function from scratch across the site and sub-contract operations. You’ll drive root-cause analysis, lead Lean and Six Sigma projects, and raise standards as the department grows.

Reporting to the Operations Director, you’ll deliver measurable productivity gains, coach teams, and set quality KPIs.

Qualifications

• Lean or Six Sigma training with practical application in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience of engineering manufacture.
• Supervisory experience in production, manufacturing or quality teams.
• Experience of people-controlled assembly or machining operations.
• Degree-level education, ideally in a technical discipline

Responsibilities

• Investigate quality failures and lead root cause corrective action across the site
• Prioritise improvement projects using Pareto analysis and Lean or Six Sigma methods
• Lead value stream mapping to design more efficient process flows and layouts
• Coach individuals and teams to run their own improvement projects
• Set quality standards and manage day-to-day quality systems and KPIs
• Report monthly on performance, improvement plans and agreed actions
• Shape your own team structure as the department grows

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Supervisory experience

Engineering manufacture

Production/quality team leadership

Machining operations

Education

Technical degree

Job description

Fancy a quality role where you set the strategy instead of just policing it? This process improvement role in Liverpool is yours to build from scratch.

About Us

We're Joloda Hydraroll, a growing engineering and manufacturing business, operating from two UK sites with this role based in Liverpool. Our in-house teams cover mechanical design, production and logistics, with project delivery at the centre of what we do.

Quality has been steady rather than fast-moving, and it's ready for someone to build a modern, lean-driven function from scratch. Our leadership sets clear objectives and steps back, trusting people to work out the how.

The role

You'll take ownership of quality and process improvement across the site, responsible for both UK sites and sub-contract operations. Reporting directly to the Operations Director. This goes beyond firefighting: you'll get to the root cause of recurring failures, lead Lean and Six Sigma projects, and build a culture where standards keep climbing, with Opportunity in the future to step up to a Group role.

Success looks like fewer repeat failures, measurable productivity gains, and a team you've coached to solve problems without you.

What you'll do

• Investigate quality failures and lead root cause corrective action across the site
• Prioritise improvement projects using Pareto analysis and Lean or Six Sigma methods
• Lead value stream mapping to design more efficient process flows and layouts
• Coach individuals and teams to run their own improvement projects
• Set quality standards and manage day-to-day quality systems and KPIs
• Report monthly on performance, improvement plans and agreed actions
• Shape your own team structure as the department grows

What you'll bring

• Lean or Six Sigma trained, with practical application in a manufacturing environment
• Proven experience of engineering manufacture
• Supervisory experience within a production, manufacturing or quality team
• Experience of people-controlled assembly or machining operations

Useful, Not Essential

• Degree-level education, ideally in a technical discipline
• Experience of machine shop, fabrication or assembly operations
• Background in quality or service improvement roles
• Experience developing and prioritising improvement plans

Benefits & Culture

Financial: £40,000 to £60,000, depending on experience, with scope to grow as the department does.Flexibility: Core hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm, with flexibility built in around that.Development: Direct access to senior leadership, real input on strategy, and a realistic path to department manager level.

Working arrangements

Location: Liverpool | Office-based, on-siteContract: Permanent | Full-time, core hours 8.30am to 4.30pmTravel: Occasional travel to the business's second site, as required