Quality Manager – Aerospace Manufacturing
Location: Lancashire
Employment Type: Full-Time | Permanent
Working Pattern: Monday – Friday | 40 hours per week
Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 per annum
Role Overview
An established aerospace manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead the site quality function within a fast-paced production environment. This role is responsible for maintaining and developing the Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with aerospace and regulatory standards, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.
The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership to the quality team, ensuring robust quality governance across the full product lifecycle—from supplier management through to final inspection and customer delivery.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide leadership and direction to the site quality team, ensuring the effective implementation and maintenance of the Quality Management System (QMS).
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Ensure compliance with aerospace and industry quality standards including AS9100 and ISO frameworks, as well as relevant regulatory and customer requirements.
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Lead the development and continuous improvement of quality processes across manufacturing, inspection, and supply chain activities.
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Investigate customer quality concerns and non-conformances, leading structured root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
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Promote a data-driven and customer-focused quality culture across engineering, production, and supply chain functions.
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Plan, manage, and lead internal audits, external certification audits, and customer audits, ensuring ongoing compliance and audit readiness.
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Collaborate with suppliers to support supplier quality assurance, development, and performance improvement.
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Chair management review meetings and quality review forums, ensuring clear communication of quality performance and improvement actions.
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Support risk management and product safety initiatives within the organisation.
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Promote safe working practices and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations within quality and inspection activities.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical quality leadership within a manufacturing or engineering environment, ideally within aerospace or other highly regulated industries.
Essential Experience & Skills
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Proven experience managing quality systems within a manufacturing environment.
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Strong leadership and people management experience, with the ability to develop and motivate technical teams.
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Experience implementing continuous improvement and problem-solving methodologies.
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Strong knowledge of quality management systems and audit processes.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Ability to work effectively in high-pressure production environments and manage competing priorities.
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Strong analytical and IT skills with the ability to interpret quality data and performance metrics.
Desirable Experience
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Experience within aerospace, defence, or precision engineering sectors.
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Familiarity with advanced manufacturing processes such as injection moulding or precision machining.
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Knowledge of structured problem-solving and quality tools (e.g., 8D, Root Cause Analysis, FMEA).
Benefits
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Competitive salary package
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Pension scheme
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Life assurance
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Private medical scheme
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On-site facilities