Quality Manager

Posting date:	07 November 2025
Salary:	£40,000 to £45,000 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	07 December 2025
Location:	DN20 8UJ
Remote working:	On-site only
Company:	i4 Recruitment
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	QKT- 7693-5946

Summary

Quality Control Manager
Location: Brigg, Lincolnshire
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8:15am – 5:00pm & Friday, 8:15am – 1:00pm
Holidays: 25 days per year plus paid bank holidays

About the Role
We’re looking for a qualified, experienced, and confident Quality Control professional to promote and support a strong culture of quality, procedural compliance, and continuous improvement across the business. This hands-on role involves managing investigations, ensuring compliance, and driving improvements in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Ideally, you’ll also have Health & Safety experience to support compliance and improvement initiatives.

You’ll be a proactive leader with excellent communication and teamwork skills, capable of providing clear guidance, effective coaching, and confident leadership on all quality-related matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and facilitate quality investigations (8D or similar)
• Apply root cause analysis tools such as 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagrams, and DMAIC
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement
• Communicate with customers and attend site visits to advise on quality issues
• Maintain and analyse quality records to identify trends and improvement opportunities
• Coach team leaders and operators in quality control and best practice
• Carry out surveillance inspections to audit procedural compliance
• Update training materials, procedures, and training matrices
• Produce risk assessments, COSHH assessments, and safe working practices (SWPs)
• Conduct accident and near-miss investigations and support fire safety management
• Maintain HSEQ procedures, policies, and documentation

Skills & Experience

• Enthusiastic, motivated, and hands-on approach with a strong commitment to performance improvement
• Proven background in quality control within a fast-moving manufacturing environment
• Experience using root cause investigation techniques such as 8D, 5 Why, and DMAIC
• Ideally holds a Health & Safety qualification (NEBOSH or equivalent)
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• Strong IT skills (Word, Excel, Email)
• Confident in leading meetings and presenting data clearly and effectively

What We Offer

• Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
• Free on-site parking
• Workplace pension
• Death in service benefit
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company events

Candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK, as sponsorship is not available for this position.