About the Role
BAMD Composites is seeking an experienced and driven Quality Manager to lead and continuously improve the Company's Quality & Inspection Department across all manufacturing operations.
The Quality Manager will be responsible for ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory and industry requirements while promoting a culture of quality, continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout the business. The role will work closely with Production, Engineering, HR, Supply Chain and Leadership teams to ensure products consistently meet customer specifications and quality standards.
This position is critical in supporting business growth, customer satisfaction and maintaining BAMD's reputation as a leading composite manufacturing partner.
Key Responsibilities
Quality & Inspection Department
- Maintain and continuously improve the Company's Quality & Inspection Department
- Ensure ongoing compliance with ISO 9001, ISO14001 and any applicable customer-specific quality requirements.
- Lead internal and external audits, including customer and certification body audits.
- Develop, implement and maintain quality procedures, work instructions and quality documentation.
- Manage document control processes and ensure records are maintained accurately.
Product Quality & Inspection
- Oversee & contribute to the completion of incoming, in-process and final inspection activities.
- Ensure all manufactured components meet drawing, specification and customer requirements.
- Review and approve First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs), inspection reports and quality documentation.
- Support dimensional inspection activities and verification processes.
- Manage calibration systems for inspection and measuring equipment.
- Ensure all Quality activities are recorded, tracking and actioned in business MRP system (Progress Plus)
Non-Conformance Management
- Lead investigations into non-conformances, defects, customer complaints and quality escapes.
- Conduct root cause analysis using recognised methodologies (5 Why, Fishbone, 8D, etc.).
- Implement and monitor corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Track quality performance trends and drive permanent corrective actions.
Customer Quality Management
- Act as the primary quality contact for customers
- Support customer visits, audits and quality reviews.
- Manage customer complaints and ensure timely resolution.
- Develop strong customer relationships through proactive quality management.
Supplier Quality
- Act as the primary quality contact for suppliers
- Monitor supplier quality performance and drive improvements where required.
- Conduct supplier audits and quality assessments.
- Manage supplier non-conformances and corrective action requests.
- Work with Finance to ensure supplier quality standards are maintained.
Continuous Improvement
- Promote a culture of quality ownership across the business.
- Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve efficiency and increase right-first-time performance.
- Develop and monitor quality KPIs and reporting metrics.
- Lead quality improvement projects across manufacturing operations.
- Actively pursue a 0% scrap rate
Leadership & Training
- Manage and develop the Inspection and Quality team.
- Provide coaching and training to employees on quality standards and expectations.
- Support skills development within inspection and manufacturing teams.
- Foster a positive and collaborative quality culture throughout the business.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Customer complaints and quality escapes.
- Internal and external audit performance.
- Non-conformance reduction.
- Right First Time (RFT) performance.
- Cost of Quality.
- Supplier quality performance.
- Corrective action closure times.
- On-time completion of quality documentation
Advanced Product Quality Planning & Automotive Compliance
- Lead the implementation and management of PPAP, APQP and IMDS activities in line with customer and industry requirements.
- Establish customer requirements through direct communication and translate these into robust internal quality processes.
- Work with internal stakeholders to assess resource requirements and support accurate quotation of quality planning activities.
- Develop, train and maintain all associated processes to ensure ongoing compliance with customer expectations and automotive quality standards.
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience in a Quality Manager or Senior Quality role within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of ISO 9001and ISO14001 Quality Management Systems.
- Experience leading audits and managing certification requirements.
- Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
- Experience managing non-conformance and corrective action processes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications.
- Strong organisational and leadership skills.
Desirable Requirements
- Experience within composites manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, motorsport, defence or advanced engineering sectors.
- Knowledge of composite materials, lamination, trimming, assembly and inspection processes.
- Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor qualification.
- Experience with FAIRs, PPAPs, APQP or similar quality frameworks.
- Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement experience.
- Six Sigma qualification
Personal Attributes
- High attention to detail.
- Strong leadership and decision-making capability.
- Analytical and data-driven approach.
- Professional and customer-focused mindset.
- Ability to challenge constructively and drive positive change.
- Passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Excellent people and soft skills
BAMD Mission Value Statement:
We strive to be the leading composites solution provider in the country - not just a supplier. Our focus is on delivering high-quality products, on time, as trusted project partners, where the final needs of the product, assembly or component always takes the upmost priority.
BAMD Principal Values:
· Care and Quality – Embrace reality, Approach situations objectively, gather data, and make fact-based decisions to drive meaningful improvements.
·Communication – Prioritize direct conversations, starting with a call or face to face discussion to address issues, find solutions and align. Follow up with an email to document the decision and ensure accountability within the wider team.
·Solutions, not problems – Identify challenges and face them head-on. View painful problems as opportunities for improvement rather than obstacles. Don’t mistake symptoms for root causes—solve the real problem, not just its effects.
· The team works – Encourage constructive feedback and prioritize truth over ego. Mistakes happen, and that’s okay—just make sure they don’t happen twice. Growth comes from learning, not protecting egos.
· Consistency in everything – Set SMART Goals, proactively identify and diagnose problems, design effective working solutions, and take decisive action. Success comes from discipline, clarity and follow-through.
Pay: £32,022.84-£63,570.64 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Upper Heyford OX25: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
