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Quality Manager

Job Posted: 22 hours ago

Salary: £ 46,500 - 51,750 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Poole

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Quality Manager
Poole, Dorset
Senior Quality Manager salary: £46,500 - £51,750
Please note: only applicants with the full-time, permanent right to work in the UK will be considered.

Senior Quality Manager Overview:

Lead quality strategy, QMS development and operational quality standards across the business
Own NCR, CAPA, root cause, audit programmes and supplier quality improvement
Drive ISO9001 compliance while supporting ISO standard readiness
Oversee environmental and Health & Safety management alongside core quality leadership
Work closely with Engineering, Production, Supply Chain and senior leadership 

 This Senior Quality Manager role is based onsite in Poole and reports directly to the Operations Director. The Senior Quality Manager will lead the company’s quality strategy, strengthen operational quality controls and help embed a more accountable, prevention-led quality culture across the business. This Senior Quality Manager position needs someone who can combine QMS ownership, supplier quality, audit leadership, NCR/CAPA control and practical manufacturing quality improvement in a growing technical environment.

The Senior Quality Manager role

 As Senior Quality Manager, you’ll take overall responsibility for quality performance, management systems, supplier quality, environmental compliance and Health & Safety governance. The role will involve working across Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Customer Service and senior management to make sure standards are clear, risks are controlled and quality performance continues to improve.

 The business is also preparing for future certification and regulatory requirements, so the Senior Quality Manager will play an important part in developing processes, controls and quality roadmap activity to support future ISO13485 readiness.

Day-to-day responsibilities of a Senior Quality Manager

Develop and lead the company’s quality strategy across all business functions
Maintain and improve the Quality Management System in line with ISO9001 requirements
Support future ISO readiness through improved process control, documentation and risk management
Lead NCR and CAPA activity, making sure issues are contained, investigated and closed properly
Drive root cause investigations and put preventative actions in place to reduce repeat issues
Improve quality controls across Goods In, Production, Final Inspection and Dispatch
Develop quality gates, release processes, traceability and critical parts controls
Lead internal audits, external certification audits and audit readiness activity
Manage audit findings through to effective closure and verified improvement
Develop supplier quality standards, supplier scorecards and supplier improvement actions
Work with Purchasing to improve incoming quality and supplier accountability
Build quality KPI dashboards covering complaints, defects, NCRs, warranty and trend data
Report quality performance, risks and improvement plans to senior management
Maintain environmental management activity, including ISO14001 compliance and reporting
Provide oversight of Health & Safety processes, incident trends, risk controls and improvement actions
Support managers with safe systems of work, environmental controls and compliance requirements 

 What they’re looking for - Senior Quality Manager

Experience in a senior quality role within manufacturing, engineering or a technical environment
Strong working knowledge of ISO9001 and quality management system ownership
Experience leading audits, audit programmes and quality system development
Proven background managing NCRs, CAPA, root cause investigations and corrective actions
Supplier quality experience, including supplier performance, defects and improvement activity
Strong understanding of manufacturing quality controls, inspection points and process discipline
Able to create, improve and embed quality procedures, standards and operational controls
Confident communicator who can challenge constructively and influence across departments
Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive quality improvement
Organised, detail-focused and able to manage multiple priorities across quality, environmental and H&S activity 

 Desirable - Senior Quality Manager

Experience in regulated manufacturing such as medical device, healthcare technology, aerospace, defence, pharmaceutical or life sciences
ISO14001 environmental management experience
Lead Auditor qualification
NEBOSH Certificate or similar Health & Safety qualification
Lean Manufacturing, 8D, 5 Why, DMAIC or structured problem-solving experience
Experience improving traceability, formal change control or critical component management 

 What’s on offer - Senior Quality Manager

Senior Quality Manager salary: £46,500 - £51,750

 A senior leadership role with real ownership across quality strategy, QMS development, supplier quality and operational quality improvement.
Monday to Friday working hours, 8:00am – 4:30pm, based onsite in Poole.
Strong benefits package including 25 days holiday rising with service, private medical cover, Employee Assistance Programme, pension, health cash back plan, life assurance, vouchers and an employee volunteering day.
A genuine opportunity for a Senior Quality Manager to shape quality culture, improve standards and support the business through its next phase of development.

How to apply for the Senior Quality Manager position

 If you’re interested in this Senior Quality Manager role, get in touch to talk through the quality scope and leadership opportunity.
Call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering on (phone number removed)

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