Quality Lead

Quality Lead
Salary: £35,000 – £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Are you an experienced Quality professional in manufacturing looking to step into a leadership role with real impact?

We’re recruiting for a Quality Lead to join a highly respected, global manufacturing business, an employer of choice known for investing in its people, continuous improvement culture, and long-term career development.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of quality performance, continuous improvement initiatives, and team leadership within a forward-thinking engineering environment.

The Role

As the Quality Lead, you’ll play a key role in driving product quality, ISO9001 compliance, and process improvement across manufacturing operations.

You’ll lead day-to-day quality activities while supporting the Head of Quality in delivering a high-performing, continuously improving quality function.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading root cause analysis and investigations into quality issues and customer complaints

• Driving corrective and preventive actions 

• Overseeing quality inspections, testing, and incoming goods inspection
• Analysing quality KPIs, trends, and performance data
• Supporting continuous improvement (CI) initiatives to reduce defects and waste
• Ensuring compliance with ISO9001 and quality standards
• Coaching and developing a small quality team
• Supporting production teams with quality training and best practice

About You

We’re looking for someone who combines hands-on quality expertise with leadership capability:

• Proven experience in a Quality Assurance / Quality Engineer / Quality Lead role within manufacturing
• Strong knowledge of root cause analysis, problem-solving, and continuous improvement tools
• Experience working with ISO9001 quality management systems
• Ability to read engineering drawings and use measuring equipment
• Confident communicator with team leadership or supervisory experience

• Data-driven with strong attention to detail

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary: £35,000 – £37,000

• Performance-related bonus plus a profit share bonus 

• Generous benefits package - excellent holiday allowance 

• Career development with a global organisation
• Supportive, people-first culture
• Opportunity to lead meaningful quality improvements

Why apply?

This is more than just a Quality role, it’s a chance to shape processes, influence culture, and grow your leadership career within a business that genuinely values quality, innovation, and its people.

Apply now to take the next step in your Quality career.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
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