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# Compliance & Governance Manager

- **Company:** Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd
- **Location:** Gloucester, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £45,000 - £50,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Document Management Systems, PUWER Regulations
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=3024534633-2

## About the Role

* Compliance / quality / H&S / regulatory experience in engineering, manufacturing, Automotive or similar
 * Type Approval / CoP exposure (VCA or equivalent desirable)
 * NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) minimum

Compliance, Governance, H&S, Audit, ISO, Type Approval, CAPA, QMS, NEBOSH, Automotice, Vehicle Conversion, Bristol, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Portishead, Clevedon, Keynsham, Filton, Yate, Thornbury

## Description

Compliance & Governance Manager

45,000 - 50,000 + CPD + High-Impact Autonomy + Technical Ownership + Long-Term Stability

Bristol (Commutable from: Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Portishead, Clevedon, Keynsham, Filton, Yate, Thornbury)

Are you a Compliance Manager, Quality Manager, Governance Manager or similar and looking for a high-impact, site-based role where you can take full ownership of audit readiness, safety and regulatory compliance within a specialist engineering environment?

On offer is the chance to join an established UK engineering business where you will be the go-to person for compliance and governance, with the authority to challenge processes, drive continuous improvement and hold work or vehicle release where there is a credible safety, legal or regulatory concern.

In this role you will own the compliance framework across vehicle Type Approval and Conformity of Production, Health & Safety, ISO/QMS and wider statutory obligations, working cross-functionally with Engineering, Production, Supply Chain and Facilities to ensure risks are controlled, evidenced and closed.

You will lead internal audits, manage CAPA / NCR governance, maintain statutory registers and ensure robust document and change control so regulatory and safety impacts are assessed before release.

This role would suit someone with compliance / quality / H&S experience in an engineering or manufacturing setting, looking for real autonomy, technical variety and long-term stability., * Own Type Approval & Conformity of Production governance, registers and evidence

 * Lead the Health & Safety management system (risk assessments, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, RIDDOR)
 * Manage ISO 9001/QMS and internal audit programme, document control and management reviews
 * Run CAPA / NCR governance, ensuring actions are owned, closed and verified
 * Site-based in Bristol with travel to suppliers, customers, regulators and external audits