At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead quality and safety initiatives in a dynamic aerospace manufacturing environment.
- Company: Join a global precision engineering organisation based in Glasgow.
- Benefits: Competitive contract terms with potential for permanent position.
- Other info: Opportunity to develop leadership skills and drive continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on product quality and safety in the aerospace industry.
- Qualifications: Degree in engineering and extensive experience in aerospace quality management.
Company Description: Mydas Recruitment are experts in the sourcing and supply of Engineers to leading organisations. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a long-term contract within a dynamic & growing industry. Our client, a global precision engineering organisation based in Glasgow, has a requirement for a quality and safety manager to lead their manufacturing teams.
Role Description: This is a contract on-site role for a quality and safety manager at our client premises in Glasgow. The manager will be responsible for providing strategic and tactical leadership to the Engineering Quality team and function, ensuring the reliability, consistency, and safety of Walker Engineering’s products and processes.
The individual must be hands-on, approachable, resilient, and organised due to juggling multiple priorities. Experience working with major blue-chip OEMs is required. The role has customer-facing responsibilities, including dealing with escalations. A background in aerospace manufacturing is essential, along with familiarity with AS9100 & Nadcap.
- 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 Considerations: 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 effective resource utilisation.
- Strong Leadership: Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams while remaining focused on strategic priorities.
- Stakeholder Management: Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders.
- Analytical Excellence: Outstanding problem-solving abilities to add value, reduce costs, and drive operational improvements.
- Results-Oriented: Track record of planning and delivering against challenging project deadlines.
- Commercial Acumen: Financially astute with the ability to manage budgets and align quality initiatives with business goals.
Qualifications: Degree-level qualification (preferably Master’s) in an engineering discipline. Relevant qualifications in quality management and/or chartered membership of a professional body. Extensive experience leading a quality function in aerospace and precision machining. Demonstrated success in developing and implementing quality strategies, policies, and systems. Proven ability to operate and influence at a strategic level. Familiarity with maintaining AS9100 Rev D and Nadcap accreditation.
Contract role with the potential to become a permanent position. Excellent terms.
Quality and Safety Manager in Glasgow employer: Mydas Recruitment
Join a leading multinational manufacturing organisation in Northern Ireland, where innovation meets collaboration. Our company fosters a dynamic work culture that prioritises employee growth and development, offering comprehensive training programmes and career advancement opportunities. With a commitment to quality and excellence, we provide a supportive environment that empowers you to make a meaningful impact on our products and processes.
