QA Engineering Team Manager

We are supporting a leading life sciences manufacturing organisation in the search for a Quality Engineer.

This is a leadership role with strong exposure across operations and senior management, focused on strengthening team performance and driving operational quality improvements on the manufacturing floor.

What you'll do:

• Act as Quality SME and manage daily deployment and priorities of the Quality Technician/Engineering team to support customer and manufacturing complaint investigations and improvement actions

• Author and review technical reports providing feedback and coaching on best practice, enabling associate development

• Provide skills and career path development and guidance to team members

• Work cross functionally with key stakeholder departments such as operations, engineering, supply chain and maintenance to deliver projects, resolve issues and deliver compliant outcomes

• Deploy and embed new procedures and policies ensuring compliance to requirements

• Maintenance, reporting and escalation as necessary of departmental and supporting site KPIs

• Support other functions within the department as necessary

Who you are:

• Degree or equivalent in Scientific, Engineering or Quality discipline (or equivalent working experience)

• At least 5 years' experience of managing teams of professionals working in a manufacturing based quality environment

• At least 5 years' experience in a relevant Quality Engineering role (e.g. pharma, med device, automotive, aerospace), where compliance in a fast paced business is critical

• At least an advanced level of operating within an ISO9001 environment and knowledge of ISO13485, 21CFR820, GxP and Pharma regulations would be advantageous

• Experience of writing problem statements and executing best practice in CAPA

• Demonstrative experience of using ISO14971 risk management principles and application

• Experienced in deploying strategy and setting and delivering objectives within a team