Quality Manager

Quality Manager

Oakham, Rutland, LE15

Salary: £44,000 – £50,000 DOE

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are looking to recruit an experienced Quality Manager to join a successful manufacturing business and take responsibility for leading and developing its quality function.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on Quality Manager with a strong manufacturing background, ideally within the food industry, to lead a team, drive continuous improvement and ensure the highest standards of quality across the business.

The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining and developing quality systems, managing customer relationships and ensuring compliance with relevant industry standards.

The Role

Reporting to the Technical Manager, you will lead the quality function, managing and supporting the Quality Engineer and Quality Co-ordinators.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing, implementing and maintaining quality management systems across the site.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant standards, including ISO 9001, BRC and ISCC.
• Overseeing the effective operation of the Quality Management System.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, efficiency and operational performance.
• Managing the quality team and ensuring resources are effectively utilised.
• Investigating customer complaints, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Managing customer and internal quality concerns, ensuring issues are resolved promptly and effectively.
• Supporting supplier approval, development and quality assurance programmes.
• Promoting a customer-focused, data-driven quality culture throughout the business.
• Leading customer and certification audits.
• Planning and conducting internal audits.
• Visiting customer sites where necessary to investigate and understand quality issues.
• Chairing Management Review Meetings (MRM) and HACCP meetings.
• Working closely with other departments and management teams to maintain and improve quality standards.

About You

We are looking for a confident and proactive Quality Manager who can demonstrate:

• Proven experience implementing and managing quality systems within a manufacturing environment.
• Ideally, experience within the food manufacturing industry.
• Experience of injection moulding would be a significant advantage.
• Previous experience leading and managing a team.
• A strong understanding of quality standards, ideally ISO 9001 and BRC.
• Experience leading and participating in continuous improvement initiatives.
• A practical, hands-on approach with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Excellent communication, leadership and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Good numerical and IT skills.
• Confidence in making decisions and implementing appropriate corrective actions.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential, as the role will involve travelling to customer sites when required.

What''s on Offer?

• Salary of £44,000 – £50,000, depending on experience.
• Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm.
• 33 days'' annual holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Christmas shutdown.

Interested?

If you are an experienced Quality Manager looking for your next opportunity within manufacturing, and have the leadership skills and technical knowledge to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today to find out more.

Closing date is 12th of December 2026

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