Quality Manager - Calibration and Measuring system in Bridgwater

Your role as Quality Manager, Calibration & Measuring Systems is to be responsible for maintenance, calibration, repair, and continuous development of all processes and utility equipment from a chemical, mechanical, and electrical instrumentation perspective. As part of your duties, you will be required to regularly participate in groups to improve the product and the manufacturing process from the time a new product is introduced to the end of the product’s life cycle. Additionally, you will be able to interact with other Agratas manufacturing facilities around the world, sharing knowledge and establishing good practices with them.

Reporting into Head of Plant Quality, your key responsibilities include:

• Managing all activities within the Calibration and Measuring System area;
• Ensuring calibration of utility, process and laboratory instrumentation;
• Assisting with installation, operational, and process qualification for new and existing equipment;
• Planning and acting as a subject matter expert with MSA studies;
• Evaluating calibration data, looking for adverse trends and identifying failures;
• Implementing ISO management system to the quality labs (including UKAS/ISO IEC 17025);
• Supporting LIMS implementation in all quality areas;
• Assisting the team with the running of analytical tests on a variety of chemical and mechanical instruments.

The Quality team is a dynamic group working across three areas – company quality, product quality and plant quality. As a relatively new team, you’ll play a critical part in creating and implementing new processes and help build large‑scale manufacturing lines from the ground up.

What You’ll Bring:

• Proven industry experience in the calibration of chemical and mechanical equipment;
• Practical experience within highly regulated manufacturing industries, batteries would be an advantage;
• Subject matter expert in MSA;
• Subject matter expert in ISO/IEC 17025;
• Experience leading and coordinating teams;
• Experience troubleshooting analytical instruments/equipment;
• Knowledgeable of SPC and Lean Six Sigma principles;
• Knowledgeable of quality management systems.

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which includes private healthcare, a car allowance, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business committed to promoting work‑life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total well‑being support. You’ll work in a rapidly scaling‑up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation. Agratas is a place to be authentically you. At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.