Quality Manager - Flexible Days Up to £45,000
Location: Leicester area
Team: 4 direct reports (including 1 Apprentice), customer-facing role
Your Opportunity
Join a well-established precision engineering business servicing heavy-duty sectors (yellow goods, agriculture, power & rail) as a Quality Manager. Youll lead the quality function, look after a small team, engage with key customers and help drive continuous improvement across the workshop and measurement / inspection processes.
With flexible working days (giving you better work-life balance) and a competitive salary of up to £45,000, this is a great chance for a proven Quality professional to step up within a manufacturing / machining environment.
What's On Offer
Salary up to £45,000 per annum
Flexible working days (allowing you to work smarter)
Lead a quality team of 4 (including managing and mentoring an apprentice)
Customer-meeting responsibility you'll represent quality with major accounts
Join a business certified to ISO 9001 and recognised for high precision manufacturing.
Be part of a stable, growing engineering business where your contribution is valued.
What You'll Do
Lead and manage all aspects of quality assurance and control: inspection, non-conformance, corrective actions, root cause, process improvement
Oversee the team of 4, including one Apprentice, providing coaching and development
Hold regular customer quality review meetings and act as their point-of-contact for quality queries
Work with manufacturing, engineering and inspection teams to tighten tolerances, reduce rejects and improve first-pass yield
Maintain and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 (and other customer specific standards)
Analyse data, produce quality metrics, drive continuous improvement initiatives
Collaborate with operations to embed quality culture and ensure machining/fabrication meets specifications.
What You'll Bring
Proven experience (ideally 3-5 years) as a Quality Manager/Quality Engineer in a manufacturing, machining or fabrication environment
Experience leading a small team and mentoring/mentoring apprentices or junior staff
Strong customer-facing skills confident in meetings and able to articulate quality issues/resolutions to customers
Solid knowledge of quality systems (ISO 9001), inspection methods, non-conformance control, root-cause analysis
Analytical mindset: comfortable with data, metrics, reports and continuous improvement tools (e.g. 8D, 5 Why, SPC)
Excellent communicator, organised, decisive and proactive
A background in metal-working, machining or fabrication is highly beneficial.
Why Join?
This is more than just another manufacturing job. You'll join a business that:
Delivers high-tolerance components and is committed to quality.
Offers you flexibility in your working day so you can balance life and work.
Gives you responsibility, autonomy and a voice in shaping quality standards and improvements.
Has a strong reputation in heavy duty manufacturing
How to Apply
If you're a Quality professional looking to step up, lead a small team, engage with customers and take ownership of quality in a manufacturing environment we want to hear from you. Submit your CV today or email us and well arrange a confidential chat