Quality Lead

Location
Plymouth
Full-time
Salary
£45,000

About this job

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

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

 

How to apply

Interested candidates should submit their CV to cv@medibeam-search.com or apply directly via the apply button below.

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Job posted on: November 28, 2025