Quality Lead in Plymouth

Job description

If you’ve led small teams or want to step into leadership, know your way around CAPA, complaints, and change control and have the emotional intelligence to thrive in a high energy environment, this could be a defining step in your QA journey.

I am working with a Medical manufacturing business hiring their next Quality Lead.

You will be the person between the shop floor and the existing Quality Manager, taking ownership of 2 QE’s whilst remaining hands on in improving the quality system.

Here’s what you’ll own:

• Daily leadership of the QE and QA teams. Be a person of influence across QA, navigating the tough task of being a people manager, whilst also remaining hands on in quality tasks.
• A visible presence in product development cycles, ensuring design for manufacturability, reliability, and cost.
• Ownership of complaint handling, They’ve just stabilised the process and now want to keep it watertight. You’ll assign, investigate, and close complaints using a solid risk framework.
• There’s a bit of a backlog with CAPAs and you won’t own them all, but you will help drive momentum in closing them.
• Document control and change management, from writing quality plans to reviewing protocols and serving as SME in change control boards.
• Internal & external audits.
• Participate in risk evaluations, using tools such as Process/Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA /DFMEA)

What success looks like in the first 6 months

• Your integrate well with the existing and wider teams.
• Long standing CAPAs are moving forward with structure.
• Your presence is felt in a good way across R&D and Ops.

Perks & Package

£45,000 salary

10% performance bonus

Flexible benefits package

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Plymouth

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

26-10-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English