Jackson Hogg are exclusively supporting a specialist manufacturing business in the County Durham area on a Quality Manager position.
The Quality Manager will serve as a key part of the Senior Leadership Team on site and will lead a team of Quality professionals.
We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Quality Manager to lead the Quality Department within a busy manufacturing environment. This is a key leadership role with full responsibility for maintaining the QMS and ensuring product integrity and driving continual improvement across all manufacturing and testing areas.
Quality Manager - Key Responsibilities
* Lead and manage the Quality Department, developing a high performing and accountable team culture
* Maintain and continuously improve the company's QMS in line with ISO9001 accreditation
* Lead internal and external audits, ensuring timely corrective and preventive actions
* Control traceability and certification, ensuring certificates of testing and conformity accurately reflect product data
* Champion continuous improvement initiatives to reduce scrap, improve yield and enhance process efficiency
* Collaborate with production, engineering and customers to resolve quality issues and ensure full compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements
* Provide training, mentorship and development opportunities for quality staff, apprentices and trainees
Quality Manager - Requirements
* Proven experience as a Quality Manager within a manufacturing or engineering environment
* Strong working knowledge of ISO9001 QMS (lead auditor preferred)
* Hands on understanding of relevant industrial testing and inspection processes
* Experience managing and developing multidisciplinary quality teams
* Competent in root cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions, statistical process control and continuous improvement methodologies
* Strong communication, leadership and documentation skills, with a methodical and practical approach
* Engineering or quality related qualification
* Proactive and quality driven with a passion for improvement
* Detail oriented and technically precise
* Effective leader who builds confidence and accountability within teams
* Committed to maintaining the highest standards of compliance and product integrity