Quality Manager
Location: Wolverhampton / On Site
About the Role:
Are you passionate about setting and maintaining the highest quality standards in a complex, safety-critical industry?
Do you thrive in a hands-on leadership role where precision, compliance, and continuous improvement are essential?
We’re looking for an experienced Operational Quality Manager to lead the Quality function within a specialist engineering company at the forefront of designing and manufacturing bespoke equipment for the nuclear industry.
This is a unique opportunity to join a highly specialised organisation dedicated to supplying containment systems, shielding doors, gloveboxes, and mechanical handling equipment to some of the UK’s most high-profile nuclear projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that these products meet exacting standards of quality, performance, and regulatory compliance.
Working closely with Department Leads, you’ll lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for operational quality and inspection. You will drive process improvements and embed robust quality systems that support the full product lifecycle.
This role is ideal for a quality professional who combines technical excellence with strong leadership and thrives in a niche manufacturing environment where quality and safety are paramount.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead implementation and improvement of quality assurance processes that align with manufacturing standards and client requirements.
- Use root cause analysis to develop preventative action plans and diagnose non-conformities.
- Conduct regular quality audits and inspections.
- Manage team of quality professionals including inspection and operational quality teams. Establish KPI’s, facilitate training programs, ensure SQEP protocols are followed and manage team admin tasks.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering and other departments and represent Quality department in production meetings.
- Foster culture of continuous improvement through reporting, lean manufacturing principles and feedback.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Proven record of Quality Management in a manufacturing environment (essential)
- Already have or willing to obtain SC clearance (essential)
- Degree in a relevant discipline (Quality, Engineering, Nuclear etc)
- Strong understanding of ISO standards, Sigma Six/Lean practice
- Quality Management systems experience (process audits, root cause analysis)
- Desirable: understanding of calibration control systems/quality related software programmes
What We Offer:
- A leadership role with significant scope to influence and enhance the Quality department of a Nuclear Manufacturing business.
- Career progression and professional development opportunities in a fast-paced and evolving industry.
- A collaborative and supportive working environment where your expertise will make a real impact.
- Competitive salary and package including 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) pension contributions, life insurance and company reward schemes.
- Flexible working pattern that allows you to control your schedule.
If you are a motivated Quality professional with the passion and drive to make a difference, we want to hear from you. Apply today to be part of a team that is shaping the future of quality in the nuclear manufacturing sector.
