Are you a quality‑driven professional with a strong engineering foundation and a passion for building robust systems that make operations safer, smarter, and more consistent? We are looking for a Quality, Health & Safety Manager who will take ownership of the QHSE strategy and lead the charge in elevating standards across the business.
Your new role
You will lead all quality and health & safety strategy for the site, with a supporting team of QA's, QC's and an experienced HSE Co-ordinator.
Quality Strategy - Develop, implement, and continuously refine our Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and customer expectations.
Process Improvement - Drive root‑cause analysis, corrective actions, and long‑term preventive measures across engineering and production.
Health & Safety Oversight - Maintain a safe working environment through audits, risk assessments, and proactive safety initiatives.
Cross‑Functional Leadership - Partner with engineering, operations, and senior leadership to embed quality into every stage of the product life cycle.
Compliance & Auditing - Lead internal audits, manage external certification bodies, and ensure documentation is always audit‑ready.
What you'll need to succeed
A strong engineering background - mechanical, manufacturing, electrical, or similar.
Proven experience in quality management, ideally within a technical or industrial environment.
Solid understanding of ISO 9001, continuous improvement tools (5 Whys, FMEA, Six Sigma), and risk‑based thinking.
Confident communicator who can influence, coach, and challenge.
A proactive mindset with a passion for building systems that prevent problems rather than react to them.
Health & Safety qualified (Nebosh Gen Cert/Diploma)What you'll get in return
Working 37.5 hours, with an early finish on Friday. Salary range £50-60k, enhanced pension, 25+8 holidays, free parking, 4 x life assurance, enhanced sick pay scheme following probationary period. Annual management bonus.
What you need to do now
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Salary description
£50000.00 - £60000.00 per year