Quality Coordinator

Quality Coordinator

Location: West Cumbria and/or Haydock

Attendance: Hybrid (2 days a week from site)

Job type: Permanent / Full time

Salary: Competitive

Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company for safety-related and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors, including aerospace, clean energy and maritime sectors. Our offer incorporates: engineering design, technical consultancy and systems integration.

We believe that engineering is not just about technology, manufacturing and innovation. It's about the people behind it. Delkia ensures that its teams are the focus of its business through passion, belief and simply a better way of working, resulting in great outcomes for our customers. We're also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and invest in future talent through supporting STEM initiatives, apprenticeships, placements and summer interns.

Our Head Office is in Haydock, supported by facilities in Cumbria. Alongside these locations, we have a network of skilled staff working across the UK, forming a dynamic and highly capable team.

Come and join a company that values our people and is growing fast.

Overview of the role:

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Quality Coordinator to support the management and continuous improvement of the company's Integrated Management System (IMS) and wider compliance activities.

Reporting directly to the Compliance Manager, this role will help maintain compliance across all standards, legal registers, and internal processes — ensuring the company operates to the highest levels of governance, quality, and safety. The ideal candidate will have a structured mindset, strong attention to detail, and a passion for improving systems, automating processes, and enhancing efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

Management Systems Support:

· Support the maintenance and administration of the company's ISO-certified management systems (e.g., ISO 9001, 14001, 45001,27001).

· Assist with internal audits, corrective actions, and continual improvement initiatives.

· Maintain compliance documentation, registers, and controlled records to ensure accuracy and accessibility.

· Work with process owners to ensure procedures and policies remain current and compliant.

Legal & Regulatory Compliance:

· Maintain and update the company's legal registers, tracking relevant legislation and regulatory changes.

· Support the preparation of documentation and evidence for external audits and certification visits.

· Assist in promoting awareness and understanding of compliance requirements across the business.

Administration & Automation:

· Manage day-to-day administration of compliance-related systems and processes.

· Use tools such as SharePoint, Power Automate, and Power BI to help streamline workflows, reporting, and documentation.

· Identify and contribute to opportunities for automation and digitalisation within compliance activities. 

Continuous Improvement

· Support the Compliance Manager in driving continuous improvement across systems, processes, and documentation.

· Contribute ideas to simplify and improve compliance reporting and internal communication.

· Help deliver training and awareness sessions on compliance processes and expectations.

What you'll be responsible for:

· Experience in compliance, quality, or management system administration (engineering, manufacturing, or technical environments desirable).

· Familiarity with ISO standards (9001, 14001, 45001, preferred.

· Strong organisational, documentation, and record-keeping skills.

· Confident using Microsoft 365, particularly SharePoint, Teams, and ideally Power Automate.

· Analytical thinker with a keen eye for process improvement.

· Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and consistency.

The Person:

· Methodical, reliable, and proactive with a continuous improvement mindset.

· Strong communicator, comfortable engaging across all levels of the organisation.

· Curious and forward-thinking, with an interest in automation and smarter ways of working.

· Collaborative and supportive, contributing positively to a small, dynamic team.

Why Join Us

· day working week (without loss of pay).

· Be part of a growing compliance and quality function in a dynamic, fast-moving engineering and technology business.

· Opportunity to work directly with experienced compliance professionals and develop your career.

· Contribute to ongoing digital transformation and automation initiatives.

· Based in Haydock/West Cumbria, with hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in-office).

· Competitive salary, pension, private medical cover, and discretionary bonus.

What we offer:

· Competitive salary

· Employers pension contributions of 5%

· days holiday, plus 3 discretionary days to cover the Christmas closedown period (plus Bank Holidays)

· Birthday Day Off (in addition to your holiday entitlement)

· Healthcare cash plan – allowing you to reclaim the cost of everyday healthcare

· Volunteering time including 1 day for STEM related activities

· Professional Membership fees

· Free tea, coffee and fruit in the workplace

· Team collaboration and social events including a fully funded Christmas Party

· Cycle to Work scheme

· Free onsite parking

· Flexible working

· Training and development

· Excellent company standards

· Company bonus scheme

· Great team spirit

Vision:

To be the leading engineering and technology partner for safety-related and mission-critical systems.

Mission:

To enable a safer, more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safety-critical systems, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and missions that matter most.

Values:

· Collaboration and teamwork

· Integrity, trust and accountability

· Safety and security

· Client focused

· Positive social value and impact

· Continuous improvement

Our Purpose:

At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.

Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to UK national security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and satisfy requirements for national security vetting clearance as appropriate.

All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch to discuss.

Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.