Quality, Health & Safety Manager

Quality, Health & Safety Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Quality & Health & Safety Manager to join a leading manufacturing business. This is a highly visible leadership role responsible for driving a culture of quality, safety and continuous improvement across the site.

Reporting into senior management, you will lead the development and implementation of robust Quality and Health & Safety systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards, customer requirements and legislative obligations. You will play a key role in shaping site strategy, improving operational performance and embedding best practice across all departments.

This role would suit a proactive and influential leader who is passionate about quality, safety and operational excellence, with the ability to engage teams and drive sustainable improvements.

Quality, Health & Safety Manager's Key Responsibilities

Quality Management

• Develop, implement and maintain Quality Management Systems, procedures and standards, ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory and industry requirements.
• Lead customer complaint investigations, root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions, managing issues through to resolution.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation to support product quality, compliance and customer requirements.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives, monitor KPIs and support "right first time" manufacturing performance.

Health & Safety

• Develop and implement Health & Safety policies, procedures and programmes to ensure a safe and compliant working environment.
• Promote a positive safety culture through leadership, training, inductions and employee engagement.
• Lead accident, incident and near-miss investigations, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Maintain risk assessments, safe systems of work and safety documentation while driving continuous safety improvements.

Audits & Compliance

• Manage internal, external, customer and supplier audits, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and management systems.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies and support quality-related dispute resolution where required.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead, develop and motivate the Quality and Health & Safety team through coaching, performance management and development activities.
• Collaborate with operational teams to identify and implement process improvements that support wider business objectives.
• Drive site-wide quality, safety and continuous improvement programmes, promoting accountability and best practice across all departments.

Quality, Health & Safety Manager's Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a Quality and/or Health & Safety leadership role within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems, ISO standards and UK Health & Safety legislation.
• Experience managing audits, customer complaints, corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong leadership, people management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Multi-site manufacturing experience desirable.
• Relevant Quality and/or Health & Safety qualifications.

Quality, Health & Safety Manager Benefits

Salary: £52k (DOE), 25 days holidays plus BH, Health Plan, Life Assurance 3 x Salary, EAP, Long Service Awards, Remote working, Electric Vehicle Scheme, Retailer Discounts, Staff Discounts, Pension 5%, Lunch, Enhances Maternity/Paternity Leave, Paid time off to volunteer, Referral scheme, Christmas voucher & more

We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.