Job Description

Some of your key responsibilities:

• Manage the daily operations of the Quality Control laboratory, ensuring compliance with company, HSE, and legislative procedures.

• Provide technical support to manufacturing plants and assist with substandard production investigations and right-first-time improvement initiatives.
• Maintain and coordinate laboratory equipment testing, servicing, calibration, validation, and accurate record keeping.
• Review, update, and implement testing methods, SOPs, and new quality control processes in collaboration with R&D and other departments.
• Support health, safety, and environmental activities, including risk assessments, audits, COSHH compliance, and continuous improvement projects.

What do I need to be successful in this role?

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple departments and levels of the business.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with confidence interpreting data and making informed decisions.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and manage a demanding workload effectively.
• Experience working within a quality control, laboratory, or manufacturing environment, ideally with knowledge of HSE/SHE processes and legislation.
• A collaborative leadership approach aligned with company values such as teamwork, responsibility, fairness, and commitment.

Who are Scott Bader?

Scott Bader is an employee-owned global manufacturer of advanced composites, structural adhesives and functional polymers. Established in 1921, we have a century of expertise in manufacturing high-quality, innovative products for a variety of markets around the world. Scott Bader now employs 800 people across 7 manufacturing sites and 18 offices worldwide. 

We are committed to expanding our global reach, with recent ventures including North America, India, Japan and Australia, while continuing to build on our reputation for innovation, outstanding quality and technical expertise.

Scott Bader is different to most other companies. Our business is based on the simple principle of maintaining a balance between our social purpose and business needs. In 1951 we became the first UK company to hold a Common Ownership Certificate when the Bader family handed over their shares to The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited – in simple terms, this means that Scott Bader colleagues own and are responsible for the success and overall wellbeing of the company.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our aim is to create an environment that is welcoming to all people, and ensures we treat each other and customers with respect. We appreciate different and fresh ways of thinking, encouraging innovation where colleagues feel they can express their views freely, and create a working atmosphere in which everyone is able to deliver a high-quality service.