Quality Team Leader

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Package

Are you an experienced Quality Team Leader, Quality Engineer, or Quality Assurance professional looking for more than just another manufacturing job?

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a successful and growing manufacturing business that genuinely invests in its people. Alongside a competitive salary and bonus, you'll benefit from an excellent holiday allowance, a comprehensive benefits package, ongoing training, and genuine opportunities to progress your career.

If you're passionate about quality, enjoy leading teams, and want to make a real impact within a business that values continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

• Salary - £35,000 - £37,000 per annum
• 2 Bonus schemes
• Excellent holiday entitlement - way above the standard 
• Comprehensive company benefits package
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Genuine career progression opportunities within a growing business
• Supportive leadership team and positive working culture
• Be part of a company committed to investing in its employees

As Quality Team Leader, you'll lead a small but dedicated Quality team within a busy manufacturing environment, ensuring products consistently meet the highest quality standards.

Working closely with Production, Engineering and Operations, you'll champion quality throughout the manufacturing process, drive continuous improvement initiatives, investigate quality issues and help shape the future of the quality function.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll spend time both on the shop floor and supporting strategic quality improvements, making it ideal for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with people leadership.

• Lead, motivate and develop a high-performing Quality team
• Promote a culture where quality is embedded throughout manufacturing operations
• Coordinate quality inspections, testing activities and internal audits
• Investigate customer complaints, quality issues and non-conformances using structured root cause analysis
• Implement corrective and preventative actions to reduce defects and improve performance
• Work collaboratively with Production, Engineering and Operations to improve manufacturing processes
• Analyse quality KPIs and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 quality management systems and company procedures
• Support supplier quality activities and incoming goods inspections
• Deliver quality training and coaching across operational teams
• Drive initiatives to reduce waste, rework and manufacturing defects
• Maintain accurate quality documentation, reports and audit records

You'll be an experienced Quality professional with a proactive approach, strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering high manufacturing standards.

You'll ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Quality Team Leader, Quality Engineer, Quality Supervisor, Quality Assurance Engineer, Quality Controller, or similar manufacturing quality role
• Experience leading or supervising teams within a manufacturing or production environment
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
• Experience with root cause analysis, corrective actions and continuous improvement methodologies
• Ability to read engineering drawings and confidently use inspection and measuring equipment
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills
• A hands-on approach with strong attention to detail
• Experience working closely with Production, Engineering and Operations teams

Apply today and take the next step in your Quality, Manufacturing or Engineering career.

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