At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality control teams across multiple sites, ensuring top-notch standards and processes.
- Company: Join a well-established chemical company with a strong international presence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary package and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with a focus on teamwork and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on quality assurance in a dynamic and innovative environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing QC teams and a background in chemistry is essential.
The predicted salary is between 38250 - 46750 £ per year.
We are working with a chemical company who are hiring for a leadership role in Quality to report into the CTO. You will take on a multi site role with teams in Manchester and also in West Yorkshire and oversee all aspects of quality for the business.
What you’ll do:
- Join an established company, with an international presence and enviable market position.
- Lead a team of 7 across the two sites.
- Core duties will be centred on planning, processing, procedure and reporting.
- Leadership of the laboratories and their performance regarding laboratory and quality control processes.
- Ensure test methodologies are kept available, validated, and optimised.
- Oversight of testing of raw materials and finished goods.
- Use test results, supplier performance data and recurring failure trends to drive corrective actions and sustained quality improvement.
- Ensure compliance with BSI and other quality standards.
- Ensure QC data is recorded accurately across teams, driving strong KPI data.
- Lead investigations into customer quality complaints, internal and external non-conformances, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventative actions.
Your background:
- Experience of managing quality teams in chemistry.
- Ability to operate a non-GMP analytical chemistry based (HPLC and physical testing) quality testing programme.
- Report to board level and be responsible for line managing 7 people.
- A Chemistry background and experience leading QC teams.
- Knowledge of quality standards (BSI, ISO…), analytical chemistry understanding (methodologies, validation, best practice), trending and KPI experience and leadership skills.
- Work approach in conceptual thinking, innovation, adaptability, and results orientation while understanding impact of actions on the wider team.
- Strong listening skills, working inclusively with the team and finding out what people think.
Candidates must have right to work in the UK. We will review each CV within 1 working day of the application and use no AI in our CV review. Due to high application volume we cannot always respond to each CV received; if you have not heard within 7 days please consider the application unsuccessful.
QC Manager in Manchester employer: LiCa Scientific Ltd Careers
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Contact Details:
LiCa Scientific Ltd Careers Recruitment Team
