Quality Manager (Chemical Manufacturing)

Location: UK - Duxford; onsite role at the Duxford site.

Company

hirify.global is an industry-leading, people-oriented company operating in advanced materials with a global Quality network.

What you will do

• Lead the Quality Control and Quality Assurance functions at the Duxford site, including two direct reports and the wider QC and QA teams.
• Develop team capability, engagement and accountability through coaching, performance management, succession planning and resource planning.
• Maintain and continuously improve the site Quality Management System in line with ISO 9001, AS/EN 9100, customer, corporate and regulatory requirements, acting as the site Quality Management Representative.
• Lead internal, customer, supplier, regulatory and certification audits, ensuring preparation and timely closure of findings.
• Provide governance for product release, QC laboratory performance, testing controls, calibration, method validation, data integrity and traceability.
• Manage complaints, non-conformances, out-of-specification results and deviations; lead root-cause analysis, 8D, corrective and preventive actions, KPI reporting and continuous-improvement plans.

Requirements

• Strong chemical-industry or comparable technical background, with the ability to understand technical issues and support effective root-cause analysis; pharmaceutical or relevant mechanical experience may also be considered.
• Practical experience leading Quality Control and Quality Assurance teams, including people management, performance management and capability development.
• Experience maintaining certified Quality Management Systems and managing internal, customer, supplier and external certification audits.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001.
• Strong knowledge of laboratory operations and quality control methodologies, including analytical methods, calibration, method validation, Measurement System Analysis, Statistical Quality Control, control charts, statistical process control, testing controls and product-release requirements.
• Experience managing quality documentation, records, data integrity and controlled quality systems.
• Experience managing resources, priorities and cross-functional quality-improvement projects.
• Strong leadership, communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
• An analytical, data-led approach to problem solving and decision-making, with a strong customer focus and quality and continuous-improvement mindset.

Nice to have

• Accredited knowledge of ISO 9001.
• Knowledge of AS 9100 and customer-specific requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary plus a guaranteed annual payment of 4%, paid annually in November and prorated for completed months worked in the first year.
• Eligibility for the corporate incentive bonus scheme after the qualifying period, subject to business and personal performance.
• Pension contribution of up to 12% where the employee contributes 5%, with other contribution options available.
• Private medical insurance, Employee Assistance Programme, 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, an additional birthday day off and long-service leave.
• Enhanced family-friendly benefits, company-funded training, over 10,000 online learning courses, Cycle to Work, discounted gym membership and free onsite parking.
• Collaborative and inclusive multicultural culture where safety, innovation and continuous improvement are valued.

Hiring process

• Applications are forwarded to a Talent Acquisition Partner, who will provide updates during the process.