LiCa Scientific Ltd
QC Manager
QC Manager at LiCa Scientific Ltd, based in Manchester, North West England, paying £40,000 - £50,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- £40,000 - £50,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Manchester, North West England
- Closing date
- Sector
- Quality Control
About 7% above the going rate for quality control
Reference 57522497
About the role
QC Manager
Manchester and West Yorkshire (multi site role)
Permanent
£40k-£50k (plus package)
We are working with a chemical company who are hiring for a leadership role in Quality to report into the CTO. You will take on a multi site role with teams in Manchester and also in West Yorkshire and oversee all aspects of quality for the business.
What you’ll do:
You will join an established company, with an international presence and enviable market position. The teams in place have been in their roles for several years and overall you will take on a team of 7 across the two sites.
The Core duties of this role will be centred on planning, processing, procedure and reporting.
- Leadership of the laboratories and their performance regards to laboratory and quality control processes.
- Ensuring test methodologies are kept available, validated, and optimised
- Oversight of testing of raw materials, and finished goods
- Using test results, supplier performance data and recurring failure trends to drive corrective actions and sustained quality improvement
- Ensure compliance with BSI and other quality standards
- Ensure QC data is recorded accurately across teams, driving strong KPI data
- Lead investigations into customer quality complaints, internal and external non conformances, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventative actions.
Your background:
We are keen to locate a candidate with experience of managing quality teams in chemistry, who can operate a non-GMP analytical chemistry based (HPLC and physical testing) quality testing programme. The role will report to board level and be responsible for line managing 7 people.
A Chemistry background and experience leading QC teams, knowledge of quality standards (BSI, ISO…) analytical chemistry understanding (methodologies, validation, best practice), trending and KPI experience and leadership skills.
The role also calls for a work approach in conceptual thinking, innovation, adaptability, and results orientation while understanding impact of actions on the wider team.
A key element of what will make the person successful in this role is their listening skills, working inclusively with the team and finding out what people think, a challenge while working across two sites, but achievable with an inclusive approach.
Candidates must have right to work in the UK, we will review each CV within 1 working day of the application and use no AI in our CV review. With this being said due to high application volume we cannot always respond to each CV received if you have not heard within 7 days please consider the application unsuccessful.
On this occasion, LiCa Scientific is acting as an employment agency.
Reference: 57522497 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 15 Dec 2026 · Listed via LiCa Scientific Ltd
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