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Posted 01 August, 2026

Quality Specialist

Manpower
Royal Leamington Spa, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

Role: Quality Specialist

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Location: Rugby

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Duration: 6 months

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Rate: £50/hour

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Inside IR35: Umbrella

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This role requires Active SC clearance
About the role :
\n Rugby designs, manufactures and services highly engineered electrical machines and systems supporting critical energy, marine, defense and industrial applications across the world

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Lead Production Quality :

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  • Provide day-to-day leadership of the Production Quality organisation
    \n * Lead and develop Quality Engineers, Production Inspectors and Receiving Inspection teams
    \n * Establish a high-performance culture built around accountability, coaching and continuous improvement
    \n * Build capability through objectives, development planning and performance management
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Drive Manufacturing Quality :

\n * Lead production quality across all manufacturing areas
\n * Ensure product conformity throughout the manufacturing process
\n * Develop and optimise inspection strategies based on product risk
\n * Support production flow by balancing quality assurance with operational efficiency

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Own Operational Governance :

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  • Lead daily production quality governance
    \n * Own GO / NO GO decision-making processes
    \n * Lead Quality Hold governance and escalation
    \n * Drive Layered Process Audit deployment
    \n * Develop standard work and visual management across production
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Purpose :

\n Leads all production quality activities across manufacturing, ensuring product conformity, inspection effectiveness, governance, customer confidence and operational quality performance

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What you'll bring

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  • Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality degree / equivalent experience.
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  • Manufacturing quality leadership.
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  • UK security clearance.
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  • Full UK Passport holder.
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  • ISO 9001, RCA, CAPA, Lean and KPI management
    \n Stakeholder management and problem solving
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Desired Characteristics

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Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, rotating electrical machines, heavy engineering, aerospace, defence or power generation experience, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA and Control Plans, digital dashboards and SAP.

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This role requires Active SC clearance

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If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

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