QHSE Manager

Your new company Are you a quality-driven professional with a strong engineering foundation and a passion for building robust systems that make operations safer, smarter, and more consistent? We are looking for a Quality, Health & Safety Manager who will take ownership of the QHSE strategy and lead the charge in elevating standards across the business. Your new role You will lead all quality and health & safety strategy for the site, with a supporting team of QA's, QC's and an experienced HSE Co-ordinator. • Quality Strategy - Develop, implement, and continuously refine our Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and customer expectations. • Process Improvement - Drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and long-term preventive measures across engineering and production. • Health & Safety Oversight - Maintain a safe working environment through audits, risk assessments, and proactive safety initiatives. • Cross-Functional Leadership - Partner with engineering, operations, and senior leadership to embed quality into every stage of the product life cycle. • Compliance & Auditing - Lead internal audits, manage external certification bodies, and ensure documentation is always audit-ready. What you'll need to succeed • A strong engineering background - mechanical, manufacturing, electrical, or similar. • Proven experience in quality management, ideally within a technical or industrial environment. • Solid understanding of ISO 9001, continuous improvement tools (5 Whys, FMEA, Six Sigma), and risk-based thinking. • Confident communicator who can influence, coach, and challenge. • A proactive mindset with a passion for building systems that prevent problems rather than react to them. • Health & Safety qualified (Nebosh Gen Cert/Diploma) What you'll get in return Working 37.5 hours, with an early finish on Friday. Salary range £50-60k, enhanced pension, 25+8 holidays, free parking, 4 x life assurance, enhanced sick pay scheme following probationary period. Annual management bonus. 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. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk