This is a quality system you get to own and modernise, with a team that grows underneath you, the backing of a global parent, and two trips a year to Italy.

For more than 45 years, this Brisbane manufacturer has built robotic laboratory instruments that sort, decap, reseal and aspirate samples, helping laboratories deliver faster results to patients. Its 100-person site includes 45 engineers, supported by another 15 in Europe. Now part of a global automation group, the business has six new products launching over the next two years.

This newly shaped role takes operational quality leadership as the current Director moves fully into regulatory. You will own the ISO 13485 system, audits, CAPA, complaints, document control and supplier quality across 400 suppliers. Leading a team of three to four, you will work closely with engineering and production and oversee quality at the Turin site. The system is certified and audit‑ready, but ready to be modernised by someone who knows what a leading quality system looks like.

Why You Will Working Here

The quality function is yours. Nobody looking over your shoulder

A compliant system that is genuinely ready to be modernised

Global parent backing with decisions still made here in Brisbane

Two trips a year to the Italian site, right below the Alps

An overseas supplier audit trip on top of the Italy travel

Lead a team of four that grows as the site grows

Direct access to 60 engineers across every discipline

Six new products landing. Build and improve, not maintenance

Robotics and automation. The product range is genuinely diverse

What you sign off speeds up pathology results for patients

Clean external audit history.



No compliance mess to inherit

Proper handover from the person who built the system

Formal 90-day induction, then real autonomy after that

Your predecessor has been here 23 years. People stay here

Solar-powered site with an established environmental program

Charity work including prosthetic hand builds and kids' bikes

Two lunchrooms, coffee machines and a real social club

Free in office and street parking and a straight run up the highway

Bonus scheme on top of your base salary

Responsibilities

Own the ISO 13485 quality management system end to end

Run the internal audit program and host the external auditors

Lead CAPA from investigation through to verified closure

Manage customer complaints and the root causes behind them

Run the supplier quality program across 400 suppliers

Lead supplier corrective actions and performance reviews

Oversee quality at the Italian site, including annual audits

Own document control across the whole business

Lead and develop the inspection team and a quality engineer

Report quality metrics to the senior leadership group

Essential Skills

Quality system leadership in regulated or technical manufacturing

Internal and external audit, CAPA, NCR and document control

Proven people leadership including reviews and budgets

Supplier quality program ownership and corrective actions

ISO 13485 preferred. ISO 9001 and comparable considered

Comfortable working with engineering on product quality

Lead Auditor, Six Sigma or Lean certification an advantage

Able to travel internationally around three times a year

Full Australian working rights. Sponsorship is not available

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📌 Quality Assurance Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 Barclay Recruitment
📍 Brisbane