UK Head Of Quality

It's not just about your career or job title… It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who will you be working with?

Join Wabtec, a global leader in rail technology and services. As Head of Quality for Transit Services UK, you'll define and deploy quality strategies that ensure customer satisfaction and operational excellence across our product lines and regional operations.

Role: UK Head Of Quality

Salary: £Competitive

Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN)

Hours: Monday to Thursday 07:00am to 16:00pm and Friday 07:00am to 12:30pm, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

How will you make a difference?

You will lead the quality function for Transit Services UK, ensuring compliance, driving continuous improvement, and embedding a strong quality culture. Your role will directly impact customer experience, operational efficiency, and safety.

What will your typical day look like?

• Define and implement the Quality strategy for the product line/region, aligned with Transit Quality objectives.
• Monitor and control quality performance through KPIs to meet customer targets.
• Manage customer quality interface, ensuring issues are resolved and escalated appropriately.
• Support sites in achieving quality targets and compliance with QMS standards.
• Lead and coach the quality team (PQE, Product Quality Engineers) to deliver excellence.
• Deploy governance to secure project quality deliverables on time.
• Ensure alignment with site quality managers and regional quality networks.
• Develop and execute continuous improvement plans for quality performance.
• Represent Wabtec in customer quality meetings with reliable data and professional communication.

What do we want to know about you?

• Proven experience in quality leadership within engineering, rail, or complex industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of QMS, ISO standards, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to manage customer relationships and lead cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic thinker with hands-on problem-solving capability.
• IT literate and comfortable with data-driven decision-making.

If you don't have all the above criteria don't worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first and strive to expand what is possible.

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Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

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Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.