Application Deadline: 12 May 2026
Department: Quality
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Alternative Heat Head Office
Reporting To: Wendy Reid
Team Overview
The Quality department is committed to maintaining the highest standards across all aspects of our products and services. Through rigorous inspection, testing, and continuous improvement processes, the team ensures compliance with industry regulations, client specifications, and internal quality benchmarks. Their focus on excellence supports reliable, safe, and highperforming solutions, reinforcing Alternative Heat’s reputation for delivering outstanding mechanical and electrical systems.
The role is responsible for leading and managing the organisation’s quality and compliance activities, including overseeing internal and external audits, managing audit plans, and ensuring timely resolution of non-conformities. It involves planning and implementing quality strategies, analysing performance data (KPIs, audits, complaints and compliance metrics), and driving improvement initiatives to reduce risk and enhance effectiveness. The position ensures compliance with relevant quality standards such as ISO 9001 and maintains the Alternative Heat Integrated Management System (AH-IMS) across multiple sites and projects. It also leads investigations into significant compliance or product quality issues, develops company-wide auditing and risk frameworks, and uses data analytics and risk-based thinking to support continuous improvement. In addition, the role promotes innovation and best practice in quality management, drives organisational culture and engagement initiatives, works closely with senior stakeholders, and develops a high-performing quality team through clear roles, training, and effective resourcing.
Job Title | Quality Senior Compliance Manager
Location | Banbridge
Hours | Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-3pm With Site Travel Required
Salary | Competitive Depending on Experience
Responsible to | Quality Systems Manager
The role is responsible for leading and managing the organisation’s quality and compliance activities, including overseeing internal and external audits, managing audit plans, and ensuring timely resolution of non-conformities. It involves planning and implementing quality strategies, analysing performance data (KPIs, audits, complaints and compliance metrics), and driving improvement initiatives to reduce risk and enhance effectiveness. The position ensures compliance with relevant quality standards such as ISO 9001 and maintains the Alternative Heat Integrated Management System (AH-IMS) across multiple sites and projects. It also leads investigations into significant compliance or product quality issues, develops company-wide auditing and risk frameworks, and uses data analytics and risk-based thinking to support continuous improvement. In addition, the role promotes innovation and best practice in quality management, drives organisational culture and engagement initiatives, works closely with senior stakeholders, and develops a high-performing quality team through clear roles, training, and effective resourcing.
With over 19 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector.
Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and feabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m² of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.
We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK and Ireland.
