Job title: Quality Manager – (Defence/Aerospace Precision Engineering)
Location: Chelmsford
Salary: Negotiable – Depending On Experience.
Job type: Full Time – Permanent. 38 hours per week.
The Role:
Are you a Quality Manager from a Defence or Aerospace background looking to join a Precision Engineering supplier for complex components to OEMs?
Are you from a Quality Engineering background looking to join a leading Defence and Aerospace manufacturing business with over 60 years history?
On offer is an opportunity to work for an Engineering business supplying into the exciting and fast-growing defence industry who has invested in our Inspection department using state-of-the-art equipment to measure the most demanding OEM components.
The Quality Manager provides a vital role, leading a team that drives our product and system conformance and compliance, this is relied upon to use initiative and sound judgement to ensure we maintain all our accreditations through internal and external audits.
We are restructuring and the existing Quality Manager will be moving to another internal role.
Support will be available for the right candidate and a handover can take place to provide a smooth transition.
Any continuous improvements to ensure compliance and quality products will be embraced. Looking for ambition in implementing new, more efficient and effective ways to ensure our continued compliance and improvement.
This is an exciting position demanding an enterprising person that can work in an ordered and methodical manner whilst also being able to excite others on the improvement path.
Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of all Quality Management processes including QMS documented information, Business Process integration and Ownership Engagement, FAIR, Audits (internal and external), Inspection, Metrology & Calibration.
- Provide leadership, direction, expertise and coaching in our Zero Defect ambition across Problem Solving and Process Control.
- Drive continuous reduction in customer, internal manufacturing & supplier non-conformance in support of Zero-Defect initiatives.
- Leading a team currently comprising Quality Engineer and Inspection Team and assistance with Internal auditor.
- Development of the Quality Engineer to extend their capabilities and value to the business.
- Working alongside Production and Procurement leaders in driving down problems and issues that affect product quality metrics (customer complaints, internal reject rates, concession rates etc).
- Work closely with Customers in resolving any quality issues to ensure customer satisfaction and closed corrective action that is verified providing confidence that there will not be a reoccurrence.
- Hosting team meetings, setting objectives to achieve strategic aims.
- Support the timely issue of documentation to control business processes.
- Efficient and effective QMS change process and traceability.
Qualifications/Skills/Experience:
- Experienced in forming, leading and developing quality teams.
- Practical application of SharePoint and O365 applications as a QMS tool.
- Proven ability to drive improvement projects to fruition.
- Significant quality and manufacturing sector experience, preferably within the precision engineering industry.
- An approachable manner and able to communicate effectively at all levels internally and externally.
- Strong inter personnel and relationship building abilities.
Benefits:
- Company Pension.
- 25 Days Holiday per year plus Bank Holidays.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to progress their career and to work with a reputable organisation supplying into the aerospace industry.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
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