Quality Manager -IMS

Quality Manager - IMS

Location: Derby, Manchester or Warrington - Hybrid working available.

Help Shape the Future of Nuclear Energy. At Rolls Royce SMR, we're revolutionising clean energy by deploying Small Modular Reactors. As we grow, we need you to lead and evolve our Integrated Management System (IMS), ensuring it remains robust, compliant, scalable and user focused.

As the IMS Manager, you'll lead the development, deployment, maintenance and continual improvement of the Rolls Royce SMR Integrated Management System, acting as the organisational focal point to embed quality management and continuous improvement across the business.

Responsibilities

• Lead IMS Strategy, Governance and Leadership
  • Define and deliver the strategic direction of the Integrated Management System.
  • Ensure alignment between the IMS, business objectives, regulatory requirements and industry standards.
  • Maintain and continually improve IMS architecture, governance arrangements and system integrations.
  • Lead, develop and coach the IMS team, supporting capability growth and strong system stewardship.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on governance, compliance and quality matters.
• Drive Process Excellence and Change Management
  • Lead business process modelling and process mapping activities.
  • Manage IMS change control processes, ensuring robust governance, traceability and evaluation.
  • Ensure policies, procedures, manuals, templates and documentation remain current and controlled.
  • Support organisational growth by evolving processes and governance frameworks to meet changing business needs.
• Enable Assurance and Regulatory Readiness
  • Support audits, reviews and management system assessments.
  • Drive corrective and preventive actions arising from assurance activities.
  • Support ISO certification activities and ongoing compliance programmes.
  • Ensure the IMS remains aligned with regulatory expectations and business requirements.
• Build Strong Stakeholder Engagement
  • Partner with senior leaders, process owners, subject matter experts and business functions.
  • Deliver coaching, guidance and training on IMS requirements and governance.
  • Communicate system enhancements, changes and quality improvements effectively across the organisation.
  • Influence stakeholders to drive adoption and continuous improvement.
• Champion Data and Continuous Improvement
  • Establish meaningful IMS performance measures and reporting.
  • Analyse trends and insights to strengthen compliance and performance.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process maturity and user experience.
  • Promote the use of digital, automated and AI enabled solutions to improve system effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant experience leading Integrated Management Systems, Quality Management Systems or equivalent governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of ISO standards and management system governance.
• Experience operating within programme, project or business environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Proven leadership experience, including team development and coaching.
• Experience delivering change, process improvement and organisational transformation.
• Strong analytical and reporting capability with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Experience within nuclear, aerospace or other highly regulated industries (preferred).
• Experience leading large scale IMS implementation or transformation programmes (preferred).
• Knowledge of digital quality systems and process improvement methodologies.
• Experience implementing change management frameworks or digital governance solutions.

Success Criteria

• Continued compliance with ISO and nuclear regulatory requirements.
• Effective governance and document control across the organisation.
• High levels of user engagement and adoption of the IMS.
• Improved audit outcomes, process maturity and quality performance.
• Strong cross functional collaboration and organisational coordination.
• IMS that evolves and scales alongside business growth.

Benefits

• Salary: £60,000 - £78,750, plus 12.5% bonus opportunity.
• £2,200 flexible benefits allowance.
• 6x pensionable life assurance.
• 50% income protection.
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• £250 new joiner payment.
• Flexible and part time working options available.

Equality and Diversity

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. As a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.