Senior Quality Manager (Defence)

Location: Westhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a global engineering services company operating across Energy, Defence, and Maritime Transport. James Fisher Defence delivers underwater capability, including diving, submarine rescue, hyperbaric solutions, advanced diving equipment, and saturation systems.

What you will do

• Lead, manage, and develop the Quality team, setting priorities, allocating resources, and building capability.
• Drive the effectiveness and continual improvement of the Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, AQAP requirements, and applicable certification standards.
• Develop and improve quality systems, processes, governance, and assurance across the organisation.
• Embed quality planning, inspection, testing, acceptance, traceability, configuration control, and objective quality evidence throughout the product lifecycle.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Engineering to communicate quality requirements, monitor supplier performance, and lead supplier improvement.
• Monitor quality performance, customer feedback, and Cost of Poor Quality metrics while overseeing non-conformances, concessions, corrective actions, audits, and customer or assurance-body engagement.

Requirements

• Recognised qualification in Quality Management, Quality Assurance, or a related discipline, with significant quality leadership experience in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing, inspection, testing, product acceptance and release, including the ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and quality requirements.
• Experience maintaining and improving ISO 9001-certified Quality Management Systems, with knowledge of AQAP 2110 and AQAP 2210 requirements.
• Lead Auditor qualification or equivalent audit experience, including management of audits and engagement with customers, suppliers, and certification bodies.
• Experience in root cause analysis, non-conformance management, supplier quality, concessions, traceability, configuration control, and verifying corrective-action effectiveness.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience using quality data and continuous improvement methods to drive performance.
• This role requires security checks.

Nice to have

• Experience in defence, diving, or other safety-critical industries.
• CQI membership, Chartered Quality Professional status, engineering qualifications, or MOD customer assurance experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, permanent position with an early finish on Fridays.
• Competitive salary and benefits package aligned with experience.
• Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work scheme, and Company Pension.
• Clear career development pathways and organisational visibility.
• Inclusive and supportive culture with meaningful work across safety, innovation, and global operations.

Hiring process

• Apply early because applications may close before the stated deadline due to application volume.