Quality Control Manager
A fantastic opportunity for a Quality Control Manager to lead inspection, metrology, and quality assurance activities within a manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance, continuous improvement, and product conformity.
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SALARY: Competitive Depending on Experience + Benefits
LOCATION: Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands (N17)
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 39 Hours per Week with an early finish on Friday (5 hour day)
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Quality Control Manager to connect quality assurance with day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring robust inspection, measurement, and verification processes.
As a Quality Control Manager you will play a key role in managing non-conformances, supporting contract review activities, and maintaining compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Working closely with production teams, the Quality Control Manager will drive continuous improvement, oversee metrology and calibration systems, and contribute to audit readiness and performance monitoring.
This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in quality assurance, manufacturing processes, and regulatory compliance within engineering or aerospace environments.
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DUTIES
Your duties as the Quality Control Manager include:
Contract Review Management: Complete quality elements of contract reviews ensuring specifications and regulatory requirements are clearly understood
Quality Requirements Flow-Down: Ensure customer-specific quality standards are embedded into documentation, processes, and inspection criteria
Calibration Control: Manage calibration systems, ensuring all equipment is logged, maintained, and compliant with schedules
Metrology Oversight: Oversee measurement systems, verification methods, and metrology activities
Non-Conformance Management: Control internal ICARs, support root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
Performance Monitoring: Analyse scrap, rework, and defect trends to identify process improvements
Quality Reporting: Maintain and update quality dashboards with accurate and timely data
Audit Support: Participate in internal and external audits, ensuring compliance documentation is readily available
Continuous Improvement: Lead improvement initiatives in collaboration with operations teams
Production Support: Act as the quality representative within shop-floor and manufacturing environments
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
ESSENTIAL:
Previous experience in quality assurance, quality control, or manufacturing quality roles
Proven experience of inspection, measurement systems, and metrology processes
Experience with calibration systems and equipment management
Knowledge of regulatory standards such as AS9100, NADCAP, or similar
Strong understanding of non-conformance management and root cause analysis
Experience supporting audits and compliance activities
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally
DESIRABLE:
Experience within aerospace, engineering, or advanced manufacturing sectors
Familiarity with quality dashboards and performance reporting tools
A background in continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma
Experience supporting contract review processes
Knowledge of CAA Part 21G requirements
HOW TO APPLY
To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CVs of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P14531
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