Quality Assurance Manager

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Position: Quality Assurance Manager Location: Basildon Essex Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 DOE Quality Assurance Manager required to join a well-established precision manufacturing company that serves customers across automotive, aerospace, energy, EV, and advanced industrial sectors. They supply complex, high-precision parts where quality, traceability, and process control are critical. The role combines management of quality systems and regulatory compliance with hands-on inspection and detailed quality activities, ensuring customer, supplier, and certification requirements are met.

Quality Assurance Manager Job Overview

Maintain and continuously improve the Integrated Management System (IMS). Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, AS9100, and automotive/aerospace quality requirements. Act as the primary point of contact for internal surveillance and external certification audits, supported by a consultant. Manage customer complaints and non-conformances to closure using quality tools such as 8D methodology, maintaining the CAPA register. Manage concession requests and quality alerts, maintaining appropriate registers. Monitor and maintain internal quality KPIs. Champion continuous improvement activities across the business. Perform and manage inspection, calibration, FAIR, and PPAP activities. Work closely with suppliers and customer quality teams. Manage RoHS, REACH, and other compliance documentation. Promote and embed a strong quality culture across the organisation.

Quality Assurance Manager Job Requirements

Proven experience in a manufacturing quality role. Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and AS9100. Experience working with automotive and aerospace customers. Ability to manage quality systems alongside hands-on inspection work. Good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Ability to interpret engineering drawings. Experience using CAD systems (e.g. SolidWorks) - desirable. Experience with CMM operation and inspection - desirable.

Quality Assurance Manager Salary & Benefits

Permanent position Salary - £40,000 - £50,000 DOE Monday to Friday 33 days holiday allowance (including BH) Additional benefits in line with company policy. Pension scheme Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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