605 Quality Systems jobs in the United Kingdom
Quality Systems Engineer
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Leading Quality Management Systems within world class Automotive manufacturing
Quality Systems Engineer
Automotive Tier 1
Telford
To 50,000 p.a. + Extensive Benefits Package
Are you passionate about driving quality excellence in a fast-paced, technical environment? Do you thrive on making systems sharper, stronger, and future-ready?
This is your chance to join a market-leading Automotive manufacturer as the lead for Quality Management Systems across their busy manufacturing facility - a role where your expertise will directly influence the performance, compliance, and reputation of a world-class business.
What you'll be doing
Owning, maintaining, and developing the company's IATF16949 Quality Management System.
Supporting operations across the business to embed best practice processes and documentation.
Leading customer and third-party audits (certification, surveillance, VDA6.3 supplier audits).
Planning and carrying out internal audit programmes, reporting on findings, and ensuring robust corrective actions.
Mentoring colleagues and delivering training to strengthen the quality culture.
Supporting ISO14001 & ISO45001 standards alongside the Health, Safety & Environmental teams.
What we're looking for
Lead Auditor certification with hands-on experience in IATF16949 / VDA6.3.
Solid knowledge of core automotive quality tools (FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC).
Strong track record in implementing, developing, and maintaining QMS (IATF16949:2016 / ISO9001:2015).
Confident in managing audits, resolving non-conformances, and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
A self-driven, resilient engineer who thrives on collaboration and welcomes change.
Apprenticeship, HNC (or equivalent) in Quality, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Why join?
This is more than just a compliance role - it's a chance to lead and shape the future of quality within a globally respected automotive business. You'll work with passionate professionals, tackle complex challenges, and see your contribution make a visible difference. Ready to make your mark?
If you're a quality leader who thrives on responsibility, influence, and technical challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
How to apply
To apply in confidence and to initiate an informal discussion, please submit a fully CV online detailing your current remuneration package and availability quoting job reference 10124
Desired Skills and Experience
Quality, Systems, IATF, TS16949, Automotive, Auditor, ISO9001, Manufacturing, QMS
Quality Systems Manager
Posted 2 days ago
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We rise to challenges together
Competitive Salary
Short Term Bonus Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
Devizes, SN10 2EU
Site based
Monday to Friday / 08:30 - 17:00
Permanent
Why join us?
We're proud to offer you a career with a global leader in the fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards.
What we do.
Bakkavor Desserts is based in Devizes, Wiltshire and specialises in making chilled desserts such as tarts, yum yums, doughnuts, pies and pastries. The site employs over 550 people and is one of three factories that are part of the Bakkavor Desserts sector in the UK.
About the role.
We're proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented Quality Systems Manager with plenty of support and opportunity. And empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too.
In this busy and exciting role, you will undertake responsibility for all technical systems, internal audits, legislation and customer requirements.
Accountabilities:
- Managing and developing the quality management system across the business, ensuring all the QMS documentation is relevant, controlled and meets the requirements of legislation and industry standards.
- Establishing and maintaining a process of auditing against the QMS to review compliance.
- Creating and maintaining a structured review process of industry, customer and business codes of practice - presenting action plans to the technical & operations teams, driving continuous improvement and best practice.
- Managing the internal audit programme and ensuring actions are communicated and closed out within agreed timescales.
- Collating all information relating to food standards agency and customer alerts - communicating such issues to the technical management team and responding in a timely manner.
- Managing the business HACCP teams - coordinating and documenting review meetings whilst ensuring all amends / updates are implemented across the appropriate business functions.
- Managing BRC and Bakkavor pillar audits and communicating as appropriate - ensuring non-conformances are closed out within agreed timescales.
- Functioning in a safe working manner and supporting your team to operate to the same standard.
- Supporting the site / business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and the environment.
The ideal candidate will have:
Ideally, you will have previous experience of a quality management role within a fast-paced food manufacturing or FMCG environment - with extensive knowledge of quality management systems (QMS).
Strong MS excel and number crunching skills are essential, along with a working history of dealing with audits, allergens and undertaking risk assessments.
You will be competent and confident at producing KPI reports, implementing improvements and managing customer complaint and non-conformance meetings.
If you have a passion for quality assurance and outstanding service delivery - this could be the perfect role for you.
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
- Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
- Short Term Bonus Scheme
- 25 days holiday
- Staff Shop
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- MyBargains Discount Platform
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Free Independent Mortgage Advice
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
- Discounted tutoring for children
- Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free Carparking
Proud to be Bakkavor
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
Find out more and apply
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Quality Systems Technologist
Posted 3 days ago
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This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong foundation in food safety and quality, looking to apply their technical flair, creativity, and drive for improvement. The building blocks are in place, and the right person will have the chance to shape the role and potentially evolve it into a future Quality Manager position.
In this role, you'll support the Senior Technical Manager in maintaining and improving food safety systems, ensuring compliance with customer, legislative, and third-party standards (including BRCGS). You'll take ownership of internal audits, supplier assurance, hygiene documentation, GMP verification, and product specifications, playing a key role in ensuring high standards across the business.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead internal audits and manage corrective actions
Maintain and improve the Quality Management System and SOPs
Oversee allergen controls, swab testing, and product sampling
Manage supplier documentation, raw material specifications, and chain of custody
Support complaint investigations and drive root cause analysis
Ensure compliance with HACCP, export documentation, and customer expectations
Provide guidance to the hygiene team to enhance food safety standards
Work with NPD and Supply Chain teams to support new launches and technical compliance
About You:
Degree in Food Science, Food Technology or related discipline
Experience in food manufacturing, preferably within a technical/QA function
Knowledge of BRCGS standards, HACCP, food safety and quality systems
Detail-oriented with strong organisation and communication skills
Holds a Food Safety or HACCP qualification
This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive technical team in a varied and impactful role.
No sponsorship offered; must have full unrestricted right to work UK
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Quality Systems Technologist
Posted 6 days ago
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Excellent opportunity for an experienced Quality professional to take the next step in their career within in this expanding European Food Business.
OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
- Working hours - Monday to Friday
- Competitive Salary - 36,000 - 38000
- Great Company
- Excellent Prospects
THE QUALITY SYSTEMS COORDINATOR ROLE:
- Support the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the organisation's quality management system, including documentation workflows, content updates, and the controlled release and removal of policies and procedures.
- Ensure alignment across departments for documentation such as:
- Quality Manuals
- Organisational procedures and work instructions
- Policy frameworks and supporting documents
- Provide guidance and tools to quality teams to help standardise quality system practices.
Internal Auditing
- Assist the Food Safety & Quality audit function by preparing system documentation and supporting follow-up actions.
- Conduct regular audits across internal functions, including:
- Validating site-level audit processes
- Performing independent audits through central teams
- Review audit findings and collaborate with sites to implement effective corrective actions.
Certification and Compliance
- Help manage the resolution of non-conformities raised during external audits and ensure corrective action plans are implemented effectively.
- Monitor site-level quality certifications, collect final reports, and maintain oversight of resulting improvement actions.
Food Safety & Quality Culture
- Lead and coordinate company-wide food safety and quality culture initiatives in partnership with internal communications teams.
- Support the development and delivery of induction materials and training for new team members across the business.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
To be considered for this role, it is essential that you have the following skills and experience:
- High level of analytical skill.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Min 3 years' experience working in a quality or food safety supervisory role in food manufacturing sector
- Trained in food safety level 3.
- Good understanding of quality systems within a food manufacturing environment
If this Supply Chain Coordinator job is of interest and you would like to investigate further, apply TODAY!
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Quality Systems Manager
Posted 13 days ago
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Quality Systems Manager. / Quality Manager - Bridgwater - £33-40K DOE
My Client, a successful manufacturing company based in Bridgwater, is currently looking to recruit a Quality Systems Manager / QSM / Quality Manager with BRC experience for their modern site. The successful Quality Systems Manager must be hands on and happy to work using their own initiative. The successful site Quality manager will report into the site Technical Director
Key areas of responsibility:
·To audit compliance against QMS and GMP raising all non-conformances against relevant standards with objective evidence enabling the operational teams to take appropriate and necessary corrective action; to follow up and monitor completion of actions.
·Complaint investigation and analysis
·Compliance of raw materials against specification, checking C of A's
·Responsible for QMS in accordance with BRC policies and procedures.
·To ensure that all operatives and staff within the factory comply with quality and hygiene procedures
·Procedural updates and support training of all members of staff
·Internal Audits for QMS, Traceability & Product Recall etc. (must be internal audit trained with appropriate certificates available)
·Keeping HACCP plans up to date and regularly reviewing (Must have Intermediate HACCP qualification as a minimum)
·Liaison with external bodies as required (i.e. customers, suppliers)
The Ideal Candidate Must have:
·Previously worked in a similar position for a FMCG Manufacturing company, ideally from the food, drink, cosmetic or pharmaceutical sector
·Ideally a HACCP Qualification and Internal Audit certification
·Experience with External Audits (BRC, PEFC, FSC,RSPO)
·Experience working with suppliers and customers
·Confidence to communicate with internal and external contacts of all levels
This role is commutable from Taunton, Bridgwater, WSM, Cheddar, Highbridge, Wells, Street, Glastonbury, Honiton, Wellington and will suit a candidate that has previously worked as a QSM, Quality Systems, Quality supervisor, Quality Team leader, Quality Auditor, QA
Quality Systems Coordinator
Posted 14 days ago
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Job Title: Quality Co-Ordinator
Location: Brentwood
Salary: Up to 28,000
Our client is looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Quality Co-Ordinator to support the maintenance and development of the Quality Management System (QMS ). The role ensures compliance with customer, regulatory, and third-party standards (including AS9120 and ISO 9001) and supports continuous improvement initiatives.
What's on Offer:
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible working hours (Mon-Thurs: 8am-5pm, Fri: 8am-12pm)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- On-site gym and recreation facilities
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Free on-site parking
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and update the QMS to meet AS9120, ISO 9001, and aviation requirements
- Implement documentation updates (manuals, procedures, work instructions)
- Support and assist with internal audits and procedural reviews
- Track audit findings and corrective actions
- Update policies and procedures in line with regulatory changes
- Manage supplier and customer quality documentation and certifications
- Analyse quality data to identify areas for improvement
- Provide administrative support for Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs)
- Assist the Quality Department with day-to-day tasks
Requirements:
- Knowledge of aerospace quality regulations is preferred
- Strong organisational, communication, and time management skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and SharePoint
- Strong numeracy, literacy, and analytical abilities
- Able to work independently, take initiative, and function well under pressure
If you would like to find out more call Julia @ Prime or apply via the link.
Candidates who require sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered for this role.
Quality Systems Manager
Posted 15 days ago
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Noble Foods Home of the Happy Egg Company
Noble Foods is a family-owned company which began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands, including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg co. , Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.
In a recent survey by Best Companies, we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.
Noble Foods are known for fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration among their dedicated employees. With a commitment to innovative solutions and a strong emphasis on social and environmental responsibility.
Quality Systems Manager
Reports to: Technical Services Manager
Interim and Permanent opportunities available!
We’re now looking for a Quality Systems Manager to join our team and drive continuous improvement across our quality management systems.
The Role
As Quality Systems Manager, you'll lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of robust food safety and quality systems. You'll ensure our site complies with all customer, legal, and third-party standards—including BRCGS and HACCP—while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
Quality Systems Management
- Lead and maintain site-specific QMS in line with BRCGS, HACCP, and customer standards. li>Manage documentation, records, and site risk assessments.
- C nduct GAP analyses and manage internal/external audit processes.
- Ac as lead for third-party audits and customer inspections.
- Dri e root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Co rdinate QMS management reviews and site performance reporting.
Compliance & Food Safety
- Overs e HACCP, VACCP, and TACCP plans.
- aintain traceability systems and legal compliance.
- anage customer portals and third-party audit communications.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Act s the main technical interface for customers.
- C llaborate cross-functionally with Production, Engineering, NPD, Supply Chain, and Training teams.
- Suppo t onboarding through specification and compliance documentation.
Continuous Improvement
- An lyse trends from audits and complaints to drive improvements.
- Imp ement proactive quality initiatives and training with stakeholders.
About You
You're a proactive, detail-oriented leader with strong technical knowledge and a passion for food safety. You’re confident working in a high-care food manufacturing environment and comfortable engaging with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
What You’ll Need
- Previous experience as a Quality Systems M nager (ideally within food manufacturing).
- Int rnal Auditor trained (Lead Auditor desirable).
- deally Level 4 in Food Safety and HACCP.
- St ong IT skills, including QMS platforms and customer portals.
- Exc ptional communication and problem-solving skills.
Why Join Us?
- B part of a dynamic and supportive team
- Dr ve technical excellence and food safety at a critical manufacturing site
- Compe itive salary & benefits (details available upon application)
Apply Today
If you're ready to lead quality systems with impact and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
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Quality Systems Manager
Posted 15 days ago
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Noble Foods Home of the Happy Egg Company
Noble Foods is a family-owned company which began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands, including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg co. , Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.
In a recent survey by Best Companies, we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.
Noble Foods are known for fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration among their dedicated employees. With a commitment to innovative solutions and a strong emphasis on social and environmental responsibility.
Quality Systems Manager
Reports to: Technical Services Manager
Interim and Permanent opportunities available!
We’re now looking for a Quality Systems Manager to join our team and drive continuous improvement across our quality management systems.
The Role
As Quality Systems Manager, you'll lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of robust food safety and quality systems. You'll ensure our site complies with all customer, legal, and third-party standards—including BRCGS and HACCP—while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
Quality Systems Management
- Lead and maintain site-specific QMS in line with BRCGS, HACCP, and customer standards. li>Manage documentation, records, and site risk assessments.
- C nduct GAP analyses and manage internal/external audit processes.
- Ac as lead for third-party audits and customer inspections.
- Dri e root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Co rdinate QMS management reviews and site performance reporting.
Compliance & Food Safety
- Overs e HACCP, VACCP, and TACCP plans.
- aintain traceability systems and legal compliance.
- anage customer portals and third-party audit communications.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Act s the main technical interface for customers.
- C llaborate cross-functionally with Production, Engineering, NPD, Supply Chain, and Training teams.
- Suppo t onboarding through specification and compliance documentation.
Continuous Improvement
- An lyse trends from audits and complaints to drive improvements.
- Imp ement proactive quality initiatives and training with stakeholders.
About You
You're a proactive, detail-oriented leader with strong technical knowledge and a passion for food safety. You’re confident working in a high-care food manufacturing environment and comfortable engaging with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
What You’ll Need
- Previous experience as a Quality Systems M nager (ideally within food manufacturing).
- Int rnal Auditor trained (Lead Auditor desirable).
- deally Level 4 in Food Safety and HACCP.
- St ong IT skills, including QMS platforms and customer portals.
- Exc ptional communication and problem-solving skills.
Why Join Us?
- B part of a dynamic and supportive team
- Dr ve technical excellence and food safety at a critical manufacturing site
- Compe itive salary & benefits (details available upon application)
Apply Today
If you're ready to lead quality systems with impact and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
Quality Systems Engineer
Posted today
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Leading Quality Management Systems within world class Automotive manufacturing
Quality Systems Engineer
Automotive Tier 1
Telford
To 50,000 p.a. + Extensive Benefits Package
Are you passionate about driving quality excellence in a fast-paced, technical environment? Do you thrive on making systems sharper, stronger, and future-ready?
This is your chance to join a market-leading Automotive manufacturer as the lead for Quality Management Systems across their busy manufacturing facility - a role where your expertise will directly influence the performance, compliance, and reputation of a world-class business.
What you'll be doing
Owning, maintaining, and developing the company's IATF16949 Quality Management System.
Supporting operations across the business to embed best practice processes and documentation.
Leading customer and third-party audits (certification, surveillance, VDA6.3 supplier audits).
Planning and carrying out internal audit programmes, reporting on findings, and ensuring robust corrective actions.
Mentoring colleagues and delivering training to strengthen the quality culture.
Supporting ISO14001 & ISO45001 standards alongside the Health, Safety & Environmental teams.
What we're looking for
Lead Auditor certification with hands-on experience in IATF16949 / VDA6.3.
Solid knowledge of core automotive quality tools (FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC).
Strong track record in implementing, developing, and maintaining QMS (IATF16949:2016 / ISO9001:2015).
Confident in managing audits, resolving non-conformances, and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
A self-driven, resilient engineer who thrives on collaboration and welcomes change.
Apprenticeship, HNC (or equivalent) in Quality, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Why join?
This is more than just a compliance role - it's a chance to lead and shape the future of quality within a globally respected automotive business. You'll work with passionate professionals, tackle complex challenges, and see your contribution make a visible difference. Ready to make your mark?
If you're a quality leader who thrives on responsibility, influence, and technical challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
How to apply
To apply in confidence and to initiate an informal discussion, please submit a fully CV online detailing your current remuneration package and availability quoting job reference 10124
Desired Skills and Experience
Quality, Systems, IATF, TS16949, Automotive, Auditor, ISO9001, Manufacturing, QMS
Quality Systems Manager
Posted 2 days ago
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We rise to challenges together
Competitive Salary
Short Term Bonus Scheme, Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
Devizes, SN10 2EU
Site based
Monday to Friday / 08:30 - 17:00
Permanent
Why join us?
We're proud to offer you a career with a global leader in the fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards.
What we do.
Bakkavor Desserts is based in Devizes, Wiltshire and specialises in making chilled desserts such as tarts, yum yums, doughnuts, pies and pastries. The site employs over 550 people and is one of three factories that are part of the Bakkavor Desserts sector in the UK.
About the role.
We're proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented Quality Systems Manager with plenty of support and opportunity. And empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too.
In this busy and exciting role, you will undertake responsibility for all technical systems, internal audits, legislation and customer requirements.
Accountabilities:
- Managing and developing the quality management system across the business, ensuring all the QMS documentation is relevant, controlled and meets the requirements of legislation and industry standards.
- Establishing and maintaining a process of auditing against the QMS to review compliance.
- Creating and maintaining a structured review process of industry, customer and business codes of practice - presenting action plans to the technical & operations teams, driving continuous improvement and best practice.
- Managing the internal audit programme and ensuring actions are communicated and closed out within agreed timescales.
- Collating all information relating to food standards agency and customer alerts - communicating such issues to the technical management team and responding in a timely manner.
- Managing the business HACCP teams - coordinating and documenting review meetings whilst ensuring all amends / updates are implemented across the appropriate business functions.
- Managing BRC and Bakkavor pillar audits and communicating as appropriate - ensuring non-conformances are closed out within agreed timescales.
- Functioning in a safe working manner and supporting your team to operate to the same standard.
- Supporting the site / business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and the environment.
The ideal candidate will have:
Ideally, you will have previous experience of a quality management role within a fast-paced food manufacturing or FMCG environment - with extensive knowledge of quality management systems (QMS).
Strong MS excel and number crunching skills are essential, along with a working history of dealing with audits, allergens and undertaking risk assessments.
You will be competent and confident at producing KPI reports, implementing improvements and managing customer complaint and non-conformance meetings.
If you have a passion for quality assurance and outstanding service delivery - this could be the perfect role for you.
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
- Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
- Short Term Bonus Scheme
- 25 days holiday
- Staff Shop
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- MyBargains Discount Platform
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Free Independent Mortgage Advice
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
- Discounted tutoring for children
- Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free Carparking
Proud to be Bakkavor
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
Find out more and apply
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