Quality Manager

QUALITY MANAGER

Our client is a specialist for intelligent drive technology and systems. Their customers are in diverse industries such as oil and gas energy mining ship technology rail and commercial vehicles. They are looking to employ on a fulltime permanent basis an experienced Quality Manager. This role will be based out of their offices located in Croydon.

Drug and Alcohol related medical for all New Employees upon starting.

Quality Manager Offer

Up to 75k depending on experience

Hours are MonThurs 08:30 to 16:30 and Fri 08:30 to 15:30 a 36.5hour week

Annual Bonus Pro rata on year of joining

Pension

Life Assurance

Salary/Bonus Sacrifice

Private Health

Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Maintain and improve the Quality Management System for the main site offsite personnel and field service.

Maintain our compliance to ISO 9001 RISQS and RISAS.

Receive and coordinate customer and third party auditors and ensure continued approvals for the Company.

Supervise the Quality Team and maintain a robust inspection process for both incoming and outgoing goods.

Perform supplier assessments and audits to develop the supply chain. Establish supplier rating system.

Create and manage the internal audit plan.

Review and approve customer and supplier requirements specifications commercial and technical documents from a quality perspective.

Management of the NCR system for both internal and external NCRs.

Establish the ethic of right first time to reduce the cost of nonquality and improve OPEX.

Ensure there are adequate numbers of internal auditors to achieve the plan.

Identify and provide appropriate Quality System Awareness training and further develop the Quality ethic within the company at all levels.

Quality at Plant point of contact for all enquiries and reportable KPIs.

Authorisation to stop the process or product or service provision if quality or safety requirements are not met.

Ensure the intranet Company Management System (CMS) and roXtra is maintained.

Manage the calibration register to ensure all assets are within calibration at all times.

Manage and report on all direct reports appropriately.

Quality Manager Requirements

Experience in Quality Management within an engineering environment.

Chartered Quality professional status.

Lead auditor qualified and experienced in planning and scheduling internal audits.

A good technical background including knowledge of engineering standards.

Possess good all round IT skills including knowledge of ERP systems.

Analytical ability (costing finance and performance KPIs).

Excellent leadership and influencing skills.

Excellent communicator at all levels.

Fluent technical and conversational English.

Excellent team and personnel management skills.

Excellent customer facing skills.

Commercial awareness the impact of poor quality on contracts.

Understanding of OPEX.