- Location
- Cheadle, United Kingdom
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Manager
- Education
- Certification
- Clearance
- Required
- Closing date
- May 11, 2026
- Source
- Workday
Description
Quality Assurance Manager
Are you an inquisitive and impactful individual looking for an exciting, dynamic and interesting new role in Quality Assurance? Where no two days are ever the same? And where you can use your judgement and risk based thinking to support the programmes at Thales through many different decisions during the project lifecycle?
If so, we’d love to hear from you as we’re currently looking for Quality Assurance Manager’s to join our team in Cheadle.
What the role has to offer:
Customer focussed/facing with plenty of variety, interacting with all areas of the business
Exciting challenge acting as the voice of the customer
Hybrid working (3 days on site per week)
We’ll also pay for your CQI membership and support formal certified training where appropriate e.g. lead auditor training
What’s does your day look like?
Reporting to the Quality Manager, you can expect to be involved in:
Planning and performing project audits and surveillance activities in accordance with the Project Quality Plans and audit strategy
Acting as the customer’s representative inside the project or bid team and looking to maximize customer satisfaction and support any actions
Managing and analysing reports to continually improve quality within the project, and ensure the quality performance is managed and reported to meet project time-scales
Encouraging and developing best practice, promoting a quality culture and environment of continuous improvement
About you
Ideally you’ll:
Possess excellent organisation, time and project management skills to deliver on time against competing priorities
Be an excellent communicator and collaborator in order to build relationships with key stakeholders
Be a problem-solver with the ability to resolve complex issues in varied contexts
Possess the ability to analyse, design and implement processes improvements
Be a critical thinker with sound judgement skills and have the ability to identify potential risks and propose mitigating strategies
Have relevant experience working within Quality, ideally in a manufacturing or engineering environment (desirable not essential)
Have knowledge of Quality working practices and standards (desirable not essential)
This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance. To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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