Quality Assurance Manager

We’re building something powerful. Let’s build it together.

We've delivered high-performance embedded computing solutions for four decades across industries including defence, telecoms, and aerospace. We’re proud to be experts in what we do and are looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to join our brilliant team.

The Role

This pivotal role has the main objective of reviewing, evolving, and assuring the effectiveness of business processes enabling product delivery to time, cost and quality. A fundamental part of this role is the improvement of working processes to comply with the AS 9100 Aerospace quality standard and integrating process changes into our existing Quality systems.

Based at our Colchester site on a full-time/hybrid basis (and we’re flexible with what that looks like!). We have flexible working with core hours of 10am to 3pm – working 37.5 hours per week.

What will I be delivering?

• Define and execute a comprehensive quality strategy aligned with business goals and technology roadmaps, ensuring quality supports growth and innovation.

• Work with senior managers developing and modifying current and new procedures, removing duplication and ensuring management system compliance to the AS9100 standard at all design locations

• Inspire, develop and drive the Quality Assurance team to achieve excellence, building technical capability and ownership, and a proactive problem-solving culture.

• Act as the voice of the customer for quality, ensuring that reliability, performance, and compliance standards meet or exceed customer and industry requirements.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging your team to identify and implement process enhancements that improve reliability and compliance.

• Establish and undertake a risk-based audit programme in house and within the supply chain to anticipate, minimise risk and drive improvement

• Support the Concurrent Product Delivery Lifecycle, independently assessing completeness, adherence to gate requirements and assessment criteria

• Develop, agree, and implement departmental top level KPIs as an improvement tool and as measurement of a “right first time “culture within the organisation

• To use suitable problem-solving tools to determine failure root cause / action and to undertake failure trend analysis to identify systemic weakness to drive improvement and standardization across the company

What do I need to bring with me?

Knowledge & Experience

• The ideal candidate will possess a strong Quality background in electronics hardware and software design disciplines

• Comprehensive understanding of the AS 9100 standards

• Demonstrated success in the implementation and maintenance of quality management system

• Knowledge of MRP and working with various ERP systems

• Concise planning, analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail

• Ability to perform in teamwork situations and handle multiple competing priorities

• Sense of urgency and working a pace; ability to work independently

• Proficient MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Qualifications

• Degree / HND in Quality Management or a relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience

  Benefits for Working at Concurrent

  • 25 days holidays + bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme.

  • Annual profit share bonus.

  • Cycle to work, Home & Tech and car salary sacrifice schemes.

  • Death in service benefit & income protection.

  • Employee assistance programme and virtual GP.

  • Employee referral scheme.

  • Enhanced parental leave.

  • Generous company pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.

  • One paid volunteering day per year.

  • Private Health Insurance through Bupa.

  • YuLife wellbeing app.

  Equal Opportunity Statement

  We are an equal opportunity employer and believe in the power of a diverse, inclusive team. We welcome all applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age.

  Please let us know if you require anything which would enable your success throughout our interview process.