Calibration Laboratory Manager / QML/QMB / Quality Assurance Manager (m/f/d)

Kolb & Baumann GmbH; Aschaffenburg; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35-hour week

Job bike

Good working atmosphere

Job summary

Kolb & Baumann GmbH in Bavaria, Aschaffenburg area, seeks a Calibration Laboratory Manager / QML/QMB to lead metrology activities and ensure compliance with DAkkS and ISO standards.

You will manage the calibration lab, oversee measurement uncertainty budgets, supervise staff, and coordinate audits while maintaining strict environmental controls and customer-focused quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and operating a calibration laboratory.
• Strong knowledge of GUM and measurement uncertainty budgets.
• Experience with DAkkS audits and accreditation processes.
• Ability to manage CAPA, risk assessment, and corrective actions.
• Familiarity with DIN EN ISO 17025 and DIN EN ISO 9001 requirements.
• Fluent German and English in technical contexts.

Responsibilities

• Head the calibration laboratory and ensure traceability to national standards.
• Approve calibration certificates and serve as primary liaison for auditors.
• Develop and validate calibration procedures and uncertainty calculations.
• Lead QMS activities, internal and external audits, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor environmental conditions and implement CAPA and risk management.
• Prepare annual management reviews and report QMS performance.
• Train staff and define competency criteria for calibration activities.

Skills

Metrology expertise

Leadership

German (technical)

English (technical)

Office software

Education

Engineering degree or natural sciences

Tools

ISO 17025 knowledge

QM software

Job description

Calibration Laboratory Manager / QML/QMB / Quality Assurance Manager (m/f/d)

Your responsibilities:

Head of the DAkkS Calibration Laboratory:

• Developing, testing, and validating new or modified calibration procedures
• Responsibility for the unbroken metrological traceability of the laboratory’s internal reference standards to national standards
• Creating, reviewing, and updating the mathematical measurement uncertainty calculations for all accredited quantities
• Approving calibration certificates
• Primary point of contact for DAkkS auditors during regular surveillance and re-accreditation audits
• Organizing and evaluating participation in legally required interlaboratory comparisons (proficiency testing) to demonstrate the laboratory’s international comparability
• Continuous monitoring of changes in relevant standards, DAkkS rules (such as R-17025-K) and legal requirements, and implementing them in the laboratory
• Preparing the annual management review to assess the effectiveness of the management system
• Assessing errors or irregularities in the calibration process, initiating corrective actions (CAPA), and analyzing risks to impartiality
• Technical handling and final resolution of customer complaints regarding incorrect measurements or certificates
• Defining competency criteria for laboratory staff, conducting training, and authorizing personnel for specific calibration activities
• Ensuring that environmental conditions (e.g., room temperature, humidity, vibration protection) are strictly maintained and continuously monitored

Quality Management Lead and QMR:

• Introducing and further developing the QMS. Planning, setting up, and continuously maintaining the quality management system based on DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025
• Monitoring standards compliance. Ensuring that all processes, documents, and specifications meet legal, regulatory, and normative requirements
• Planning and conducting audits, supporting internal system and process audits, and preparing for and supporting external certification audits by DAkkS and DEKRA
• Promoting the CIP (continuous improvement process). Identifying weaknesses in company processes, initiating optimization projects, and monitoring the measures implemented
• Reporting to senior management. Regularly preparing the management review to inform leadership about QMS performance and required resources
• Document control. Supporting the creation and updating of quality-relevant documents such as process landscapes, work instructions, and the QM manual. Approving QM documents.
• Interface and advisor: First point of contact for customers, suppliers, and certification bodies on quality matters, as well as advising internal employees and managers.
• Training and awareness: Conducting internal training to embed quality awareness in day-to-day work.

-Optional-
Head of Quality Assurance:

• Defining quality standards, limits, and inspection criteria in line with company, industry, or legal requirements
• Defining incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspections, and creating first article inspection reports
• Ongoing monitoring of manufacturing and work processes (e.g., using statistical process control - SPC)
• Conducting internal process and product audits to verify effectiveness and compliance with standards
• Analyzing root causes, handling customer complaints (e.g., via 8D reports), and initiating corrective actions
• Monitoring the regular calibration, maintenance, and testing of measuring and test equipment
• Monitoring the complete documentation of inspection results, creating KPIs and reports for management
• Identifying risks using methods such as FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and training employees to increase quality awareness

Your Profile:

• Confident command of German, spoken and written (technical terminology)
• Confident command of English, spoken and written (technical terminology)
• Very good skills in using and programming Office software (word processing, spreadsheets, database applications, presentation software)
• Solid technical training (usually a completed degree in engineering or natural sciences; alternatively, a state-certified technician with many years of professional experience in dimensional metrology)
• Additional qualification in quality management (Quality Management Representative or QM Manager)
• Quality assurance methods in production and services

Competence and experience:

• Proven, several years of practical professional experience in metrology and measurement technology, as well as in operating a calibration laboratory
• In-depth knowledge of the mathematical and statistical evaluation of measurements, especially in preparing measurement uncertainty budgets in accordance with the GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement) and/or EA-4-02 M
• Standards and regulatory competence, DAkkS rule sets
• Understanding of how the reference standards used are traceable without gaps to national or international standards
• Personnel and social skills (leadership skills, strong communication)
• Measurement technology and test equipment management (test equipment monitoring)
• Statistical process control (SPC) & data analysis
• Root cause analysis
• Preventive quality methods (FMEA)
• Creating inspection plans for manufacturing and the service sector
• Technical understanding (reading technical drawings, tolerance specifications, material properties, and production processes)
• Complaint and claims management
• Analytical thinking

Knowledge of the management system:

• Standards competence: Confident command of the requirements of DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and DIN EN ISO 9001
• Quality management: Ability to manage processes, analyze risks and opportunities, and effectively implement corrective actions for deviations
• Setting up and further developing the quality management system

Here’s what we offer:

• A key position with responsibility and scope for action
• 35-hour week
• Job bike
• Good working atmosphere in a traditional company

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