Quality & Technical Director

AMETEK, Inc.; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global industrial technology solutions provider in Plymouth seeks an experienced Quality and Technical Director. This role is responsible for driving a strong quality culture, managing product quality, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards. The ideal candidate will have a background in quality management within manufacturing, paired with strong leadership skills and a commitment to excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of managing a Quality function in a Manufacturing/Engineering business.
• Experience in driving process improvements using lean manufacturing techniques.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to engage all employees in a quality culture.
• Interface with customers on quality and standards.
• Manage product quality escapes and ensure compliance with Quality KPIs.

Skills

Quality management

Lean manufacturing techniques

Leadership

Process improvement

Statistical Process Control

Education

Degree in Metallurgy or Materials Science

Tools

FMEA

6-Sigma

Job description

Job Title: Quality and Technical Director

Location: Plymouth, DEV, GB, PL6 7LG

Business Unit: Specialty Metals

Posting Date: Oct 1, 2025

The Quality and Technical Director is responsible for driving a strong quality culture across the organisation, to ensure that our product quality conforms to our customers expectations, specifications, standards and any applicable regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide the leadership to engage all employees in a quality culture of right first time and ensuring that defects are detected and resolved before product is shipped to the customer.
• Interfacing with customers providing quality, standards, and technical information.
• Managing product quality escapes from the organization and quality escapes from our suppliers.
• Develop the human talent within the Organization to succeed and grow, while onboarding and training new high-level talent.
• Responsibility for the successful execution of the Quality KPIs including Yield and COPQ.
• Overall responsibility for Quality Assurance, Product Quality, Technical and Laboratory teams.
• Ensure an integrated Management system and audit schedule for AS9100 / ISO14001 / ISO45001 standards
• Working closely with the commercial and manufacturing functions to improve standards and capabilities.
• Developing staff to reach their maximum potential through a robust implementation of a review process.
• Review Operational data and ensure that departmental KPIs are met.
• Budgeting and cost control
• Resource planning and analysis of staffing levels to ensure staffing levels to meet KPIs
• Managing qualification of our products by our customers.
• Develop a guiding vision for the structure and performance of the Quality and Technical team which aligns with achieving and exceeding the goals and objectives of the site.

Essential Requirements:

• Proven experience of managing a Quality function in a Manufacturing/ Engineering business.
• A degree or equivalent (Metallurgy or Materials Science would be highly desirable).
• Proven experience of working with customers on complex quality issues.
• Experience in driving process improvements using lean manufacturing techniques.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with employees.
• Good financial awareness.
• The drive and enthusiasm to be a champion for achieving Quality excellence and motivating team members.
• Experience in engineering problem solving and fault identification.
• Application of fault finding techniques such as 8D and the use of FMEA [Failure Mode and Effect Analysis].
• Application of 6-Sigma.
• Knowledge and use of Statistical Process Control.
• A passion for success and a sense of urgency to execute deadlines.
• Possess a management style that focuses on people and be able to inspire trust.
• A long-range perspective and a strong desire to challenge the status Quo.
• Motivate and lead others within a matrix organization.
• You will demonstrate and align with the values of the company demonstrating high levels of safety focus, honesty, integrity, customer service focus, quality focus, excellence and innovation.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.0 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 21,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK (NYSE:AME) is a component of the S&P 500. Visit www.ametek.com for more information.