Total 7 Manager level Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Swanley, Kent, BR8 8HU

Job Title: Quality Manager Location: Sidcup, KentSalary: £55-60kHours: 8:30am - 5pm M-TH, 8:30am - 2pm Fri

Your new company
Our client, who is a global leader in manufacturing and supplying laboratory, pharmaceutical, and hospital autoclaves, seeks a Quality Manager to oversee their UK-based manufacturing operations. With over 100 years of experience, they're committed to delivering high-quality sterilisation equipment that meets the rigorous standards of modern professionals.
Your new role
In this role, you'll oversee quality management systems and ensure compliance with industry standards. This includes adherence to UKAS 17025, ISO 9001, and PED 2014/68/EU.
Quality Manager Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with design personnel to ensure products meet legal and safety standards.
• Working with the Service Manager to ensure UKAS-accredited services adhere to requirements and processes.
• Liaising and planning third party approval of products.
• Communicating quality standard concerns to senior management.
• Communication of quality and compliance issues with all departments
• Developing quality control processes.
• Organising and carrying out internal audits of the compliance programs and management systems of the company.
• Coordinating and preparing for external audits.
• Generating quality standards statistics reports.
• Rejecting products that fail quality standards.
• Collaborating with customers to collect product feedback.

The role also includes, but is not limited to:

• Manage infrastructure and services for effective business operations, including IT support, communications, and utilities.
• Managing a UKAS-accredited laboratory, including Calibration Manager.
• Overseeing statutory and regulatory compliance with Health and Safety requirements.

What you'll need to succeed
Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in a Quality Assurance management role within a manufacturing environment.
• In-depth knowledge of quality assurance procedures, health, and safety
• Experience with ISO 9001,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Compliance Manager to join our client on a full-time permanent basis at their site in Rochester. Leading the Compliance team, you'll play a fundamental role in supporting the UK in meeting our obligations with regards to Compliance Management, developing effective Quality Management and Food Safety Systems to drive the company, Customer and Third-Party compliance and continuous improvement across the business. The main goal is to ensure the product is compliant with regulations and specifications before reaching the client's customers. In addition to this, the Compliance Manager will be managing Quality Assurance and NPD with support which will include managing the QA Supervisor. Responsibilities: * Provide governance and lead proactive continuous improvement of quality systems (and all related documentation), food safety, food defence and relevant QS/FS training programmes to meet the client's customer and third-party audit standards. * Implement Quality and Food Safety policies set by business and customers at the sites and provide support for the development and continuous improvement of these policies. * Responsible for the management of the internal audit programmes and pro-actively lead continuous improvements where necessary. Publish monthly audit results, KPIs and trending data conducting reviews with the sites' leadership teams. * Responsible for the management of all technical third party and customer audit programmes. * Manage corrective action programmes to ensure appropriate handling, response and resolution of internal and external audits. Identify and implement continuous improvement to the programs to prevent recurrence of the issues. * Responsible for the management of complaints including technical support for the investigation and implementation of appropriate corrective actions, maintenance of customer and corporate portals, publish monthly KPIs and trend data. * Manage relevant quality and food safety training programmes for the site ensuring that all operational staff receive adequate training and achieve the minimum agreed understanding and how it applies to their role. * Provide QS/FS governance and support to further enhance the food safety and quality culture at the site. * Deputise as appropriate for the Technical Manager during absence / holidays, including leading incident / Crisis management if required. * Lead communications interdepartmentally to understand and ensure company and customer expectations are met. * Any other reasonable management requests to meet the needs of the business. About you * Experienced on Food Safety/Quality Systems Management or Auditing. * Practical knowledge of industry audit standard (e.g., BRC, AIB etc.) * Leading and managing Food Safety and Quality System programmes in compliance with food industry standards and Customer/Third-party audit requirements. * Solid experience working within the Food industry at management level. * Good training skills. * Good managerial skills. If you are interested please apply with a current CV, preferably in word, or email Lucy at l.wildish@newappointmentsgroup.co.uk for further information. New Appointments Group, Expertly Matching Employers and Jobseekers since 1975. Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all. Twitter: @nagforjobs

Job Title: Quality Manager Location: Sidcup, Kent Salary: £55-60k Hours: 8:30am - 5pm M-TH, 8:30am - 2pm Fri

Your new company
Our client, who is a global leader in manufacturing and supplying laboratory, pharmaceutical, and hospital autoclaves, seeks a Quality Manager to oversee their UK-based manufacturing operations. With over 100 years of experience, they're committed to delivering high-quality sterilisation equipment that meets the rigorous standards of modern professionals.
Your new role
In this role, you'll oversee quality management systems and ensure compliance with industry standards. This includes adherence to UKAS 17025, ISO 9001, and PED 2014/68/EU.
Quality Manager Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with design personnel to ensure products meet legal and safety standards.
• Working with the Service Manager to ensure UKAS-accredited services adhere to requirements and processes.
• Liaising and planning third party approval of products.
• Communicating quality standards concerns to senior management.
• Communication of quality and compliance issues with all departments
• Developing quality control processes.
• Organising and carrying out internal audits of the compliance programs and management systems of the company.
• Coordinating and preparing for external audits.
• Generating quality standards statistics reports.
• Rejecting products that fail quality standards.
• Collaborating with customers to collect product feedback.

The role also includes, but is not limited to:

• Manage infrastructure and services for effective business operations, including IT support, communications, and utilities.
• Managing a UKAS-accredited laboratory, including Calibration Manager.
• Overseeing statutory and regulatory compliance with Health and Safety requirements.

What you'll need to succeed
Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in a Quality Assurance management role within a manufacturing environment.
• In-depth knowledge of quality assurance procedures, health, and safety
• Experience with ISO 9001,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

We are looking for Service and Quality Manager to manage the new product introductions into the portfolio, ensuring that they meet the UK standards.

The role will also involve leading a small team of technicians to deliver a high quality repair & testing service on all products whilst enhancing productivity, monitoring compliance & standards and keeping quality control processes up to date.

With an electrical and electronic bias, you will have a strong background in compliance and quality control. Demonstrated management experience, with the ability to lead and motivate a team, with a focus of identifying and improving processes. Awareness of electronic safety standards and regulations, coupled with the attention to detail, technical analysis, data handling and reporting.

The person:

• Design, implement and manage repair and service processes.
• Experience in analysing data and inventory control on exchequer
• Proven team management experience
• Communication and collaboration skills at all levels.
• Ongoing awareness of regulations of business obligations
• Continuous learning, development and improvement attitude.
• Analytically minded with the attention to detail
• Ability to identify and report potential issues to Senior Management
• Practical approach to resolving any technical problems

Benefits:

• Very competitive salary plus bonus depending on experience discussed on application
• Monday - Friday days

If you are interested and looking for that new challenge, please email Mandy Potton.

Email: m.potton@newappointmentsgroup.co.uk or call for a confidential discussion on 01304 806902.
New Appointments Group Expertly Matching Employers and Jobseekers since 1975.
Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all.

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Our client based in Kent are currently recruiting for a Compliance Manager to join their team as soon as possible.

This is a full time, hybrid, temporary role based in the housing sector offering £35 - £40 per hour Umbrella LTD Inside IR35.

The purpose of the role is to provide line management to the team of compliance managers for full compliance across the housing stock.

Responsibilities:

• Line management of the Compliance team and co-ordination of activity, ensuring resilience and development in the team skills.
• Manage all the major and minor compliance's.

1. Fire
2. Gas
3. Electrical
4. Water safety
5. Lifts
6. Asbestos

• Ensure that all building meet current compliance standards and that all buildings are safe for use.
• Ensure that the authority's databases are kept up to date that all statutory documents are current and legally valid.
• Implementation of the cyclical testing servicing maintenance programmes and provision of statutory documentation.
• Lead on procurement of contracts to deliver compliance testing and servicing and carrying out specialist testing.

Requirements:

• HNC or HND in Building Studies and/or significant relevant experience.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• High level of experience and training in compliance matters .
• BOHS P405 qualification in Asbestos management.
• Nebosh Level 6 qualification in Fire Safety in Construction
• Training on ACOP L8 and HSG274.
• Gas safety training sound understanding of the gas safety regulations
• Sound knowledge of CDM and requirements of Client and Principal Designer roles.
• M&E systems training understand complex heating and electrical systems.
• Relevant training in passenger lifts, stair lifts and hoists and LOLER regulations.

If interested please feel free to get in touch on 01772 208967 or via email at james.glover@servicecare.org.uk

We’re looking for an Interim Head of Compliance in AXA Global Healthcare, to help lead our compliance function, ensuring that our operations adhere to regulatory requirements and internal policies. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic leader to drive a culture of Compliance and Integrity within a global organisation.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, at one of our selected office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you’ll be doing:

Undertake a deep and thorough review across the key dimensions of regulatory compliance for AGH and implement appropriate rectifications.
Lead the relationship between AGH UK and the Financial Conduct Authority.
Guide the Implement AXA France and AXA Group Compliance and Regulatory initiatives, policy and processes in relation to the business.
Be a member of the Risk and Audit Committee and AGH Senior Leadership Team.
Provide support to the wider Risk and Compliance function providing advice on general regulatory compliance, financial crime and governance matters.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.

Quality Control Manager required for our client in the Sandwich area.

This is an exciting full-time permanent position, 37.5 hours per week, 8am to 5pm, with an hour's lunch. Competitive salary from £45,000 per annum, dependent upon experience, plus a host of benefits to include:

• 31 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays - increasing with length of service
• Auto enrolled pension scheme
• Healthcare, Death in Service, Private Medical insurance including dependants
• Annual bonus scheme
• Free parking
• Great working environment

The ideal candidate will tick three main boxes - technical experience, managerial experience, and just as importantly be the right fit for the team and company. In regard to the latter, you will need to be adaptable, embrace the open communication style of our client, work as part of the team (which means you will spend time in the lab carrying out testing), have confidence and a level of humility, be dynamic, proactive, forward thinking and - once again - adaptable! This is because there can be sudden changes in process or structure, or a sudden request, which needs to be embraced and handled with positivity and a huge can-do attitude!

In addition, you must have HPLC experience, as this is a hands-on role, experience in FTIR, Karl Fischer, GC, and analytical testing. Please note, this is not an R&D role. You will also understand QMS and the regulations side of things. Part of your duties will be to organise the weekly testing schedule and you will liaise with the Technical Manager. Other duties will include: adherence to GMP requirements; verifying testing data; responsibility for key quality documentation; developing methods and SOPs; undertaking laboratory investigations; responsibility for QC equipment; coordination of analytical testing activities; developing validation protocols and reports; training of QC staff.

If you've had good number of years as a Senior Analyst or are already holding a QC Manager position, I'd love to hear from you.

CVs in Word please.

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