Quality Manager

About the role

As a Quality Manager in the industrial and manufacturing sector, you will ensure production processes and products meet quality standards, helping the business operate efficiently. Based in Deeside, the role involves maintaining compliance, implementing improvements, overseeing quality control procedures, developing people and leading a team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site quality team, including Quality Inspectors and the Quality Technician.
• Maintain, review and continually improve the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and prepare for certification, surveillance, customer and internal audits.
• Plan, conduct and coordinate internal audits, ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Manage non‑conformances, product defects, process failures, customer complaints and supplier quality issues.
• Lead root‑cause investigations and implement effective corrective actions.
• Conduct supplier audits and support supplier performance monitoring.

Required profile

• Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent in Quality Management, Engineering, Manufacturing or a related technical discipline.
• Lead Auditor qualification for ISO 9001:2015 or proven equivalent experience managing internal and external quality audits.
• Recognised qualification or formal training in quality management systems, root‑cause analysis, corrective‑action processes and continual improvement methodologies.
• Proven experience in a quality management role within an engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, machining, welding or inspection environment.

Required skills

• ISO 9001:2015 implementation and maintenance.
• Lead Auditor expertise.
• Root‑cause analysis and corrective‑action techniques.
• Calibration, traceability and inspection control.
• Supplier quality and non‑conformance management.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt (advantageous).
• IOSH/NEBOSH awareness (advantageous).
• CQI membership (advantageous).

What we offer

• Excellent salary and benefits.
• Opportunity to run and grow a quality department.
• Permanent position in a rapidly expanding manufacturing company.