Quality Manager

Reed Engineering is working alongside our client seeking an experienced and driven Quality Manager to join their team on a 3 – 6-month temporary basis in Glasgow.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead quality assurance initiatives and make a significant impact across the business.

Hours: Monday – Thursday 8am – 5pm, Friday 8am – 2pm

Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

Daily Duties –

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and implement best practices, quality strategies, and processes that align with business objectives and support operational excellence
• Oversee quality initiatives from new product development to warranty analysis, ensuring alignment with aerospace and machining standards
• Define key performance metrics to measure compliance and improvement

Customer and Stakeholder Engagement:

• Act as a confident and reliable point of contact for customers and key stakeholders, ensuring their quality expectations are consistently met or exceeded
• Build strong relationships to negotiate, manage, and maintain confidence in Walker Engineering’s quality ethic

Team Leadership and Development:

• Build and lead the Quality team by communicating clear goals, setting measurable objectives, and providing coaching to drive continuous improvement
• Develop leadership capabilities within the team while ensuring personal focus on high-level strategic quality matters

Regulatory and Standards Compliance:

• Maintain and enhance compliance with AS9100 Rev D, Nadcap accreditation, UK legislation, and customer-specific standards
• Drive the ongoing development of the Quality Management System, including procedure updates and team training

Shop Floor Assurance:

• Collaborate with Engineering and Operations to ensure consistent manufacturing processes
• Proactively prevent non-conformances, customer complaints, and rework by implementing robust corrective and preventive actions within defined timeframes

Audit and Continuous Improvement:

• Lead internal and external audits while assessing and auditing subcontractors to minimise non-value-added activities
• Drive Lean Business and Continuous Improvement initiatives across all quality-related areas

Health, Safety, and Environmental:

• Ensure that health, safety, and environmental priorities align with quality objectives, fostering a safe and efficient workplace

Budget Management:

• Oversee departmental and project budgets, including forecasting and capital expenditure proposals, to ensure compliance with legal standards and effectively using resources

Candidate Requirements –

• A degree within a relevant engineering discipline
• Experience leading a quality tea, within an aerospace or machining environment
• Familiarity with maintaining AS9100 and Nadcap accreditation
• Demonstrated success in developing and implementing quality strategies, policies, and systems
• Ability to operate and influence at a strategic level

If you, or anyone you know would be suited to this role, please forward your up-to-date CV, salary expectations and notice period to .