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£45k-£65k
Typical base salary
12 wks
Replacement guarantee
Standards and audit
Match their experience with the standards and audits that apply to you.
Improvement, not just policing
The best drive a quality culture, not just catch defects. Probe for it.
Influence
They must get the whole site behind quality. Look for persuasion, not just process.
How to run the hire
1. Define the standards
Be clear on the quality standards, customers and regulations involved.
2. Score for system and culture
Weight both a solid quality system and the ability to change behaviour.
3. Source and screen
Approach candidates with matching standards experience.
4. Test with a scenario
Use a customer complaint or audit failure to hear their approach.
5. Reference outcomes
Confirm they improved quality and passed audits.
Fees typically run 15-20% of first-year salary, capped and agreed upfront.
Nothing is due until your hire starts.
Usually 5-9 weeks.
The main variable is how specific your standards and sector regulations are.
A Quality Manager owns the quality management system - standards, audits, compliance, corrective actions and the quality culture.
They protect product quality and the customer relationships and contracts that depend on it.
Often, yes - ISO 9001 is common, and sectors like automotive, aerospace and food have their own standards.
We match the standards that apply to you, since relevant experience saves months.
Try: Tell me about a quality failure you fixed at the root cause.
How do you build a quality culture rather than just police it?
Walk me through an audit you led. and How do you handle a major customer complaint?
A range including automotive, aerospace-adjacent, food, medical devices and general manufacturing.
We match standards and sector to your requirement.
Tell us about your role and a specialist engineering recruiter will call you. No fee until your hire starts.
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