Senior Quality Leader – Manufacturing & Flexi-time

Castle Employment Group; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10%

Pension 5%

Life assurance 2x

Flexi-time

Mon-Fri days

Quality leadership

Job summary

Castle Employment Group is sourcing a senior Quality Manager for a well‑established engineering and manufacturing business near Malton. This hands‑on leadership role oversees quality assurance and control across manufacture, assembly, testing and delivery.

You will drive QMS improvements, manage audits, and lead a team to achieve customer and supplier quality objectives while collaborating with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality across manufacturing, assembly and testing.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality systems.
• Proven ability to drive audits, corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA and QC across manufacturing, assembly and testing.
• Maintain and improve the QMS per ISO 9001 and standards.
• Manage internal and external audits and support certification.
• Lead customer quality activities including audits and performance reviews.
• Drive supplier quality improvements and supplier audits.
• Ensure traceability of materials and manufacturing records.
• Lead investigations into non-conformances and customer issues.
• Apply root cause analysis to implement corrective actions.
• Oversee inspection, testing and final product acceptance.
• Develop and manage internal audit programme.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain to improve supplier quality.
• Train colleagues on quality policies and processes.
• Develop and motivate the Quality team.
• Drive continuous improvement across products and processes.

Skills

Quality mgmt

Leadership

ISO 9001

Auditing

Root cause analysis

Supplier quality

Manufacturing experience

Education

Engineering/Manufacturing qualification

Job description

Castle Employment Group is sourcing a senior Quality Manager for a well‑established engineering and manufacturing business near Malton. This hands‑on leadership role oversees quality assurance and control across manufacture, assembly, testing and delivery.

You will drive QMS improvements, manage audits, and lead a team to achieve customer and supplier quality objectives while collaborating with senior stakeholders.