Quality Manager

Quality Manager

£50,000 - £60,000 D.O.E Pontypool, Fully Onsite Permanent

Contract also considered, rate negotiable

The opportunity:

Our client, a specialist vehicle conversion manufacturer, is looking for a hands-on Quality Manager to take ownership of product quality at their Pontypool site. This is an urgent requirement.

The Role:

• Lead and manage a small quality team including a Quality Engineer, technicians and inspectors
• Hands-on role - you'll be leading the team but also doing QE work yourself
• Own non-conformance and root cause processes, driving permanent corrective actions
• Authority to stop release of finished product if standards aren't met
• Work closely with production, NPI and R&D to ensure quality is built in before handover to manufacturing
• Liaise with your counterpart at the group's second site on a fortnightly basis, with occasional travel
• Report into the Senior Quality Manager overseeing quality across both sites
• Manage quality KPIs including scrap, rework and out-of-sequence product
• Lead quality audits, FMEA, PPAP and control plan management
• Support new product introduction and pre-production trials, including work on premium OEM prototype programmes

What They're Looking For:

• Strong hands-on Quality Engineering background, ideally with some team leadership, OR an established Quality Manager
• Solid knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP and FMEA
• Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience
• Comfortable reading engineering drawings and understanding manufacturing processes
• Strong root cause and problem-solving skills (8D, 5W2H, PDCA)
• Automotive or vehicle manufacturing background preferred
• Full clean UK driving licence
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment