Hands-on Quality Leader - Vehicle Manufacturing

Tech Connect Group

Mamhilad

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 60,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

Tech Connect Group is seeking a hands-on Quality Manager for a specialist vehicle conversion manufacturer at the Pontypool site. You will own product quality, lead a small team, and have authority to stop release if standards aren’t met, coordinating with production, NPI and R&D.

You will bring a strong quality engineering background with leadership experience, knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP and FMEA, and exposure to Six Sigma or Lean manufacturing in a fast-paced automotive environment.

Qualifications

  • Strong hands-on quality engineering background with leadership experience.
  • Solid knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP and FMEA.
  • Six Sigma or Lean manufacturing exposure.
  • Ability to read engineering drawings and understand manufacturing processes.
  • Full clean UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a small quality team including a Quality Engineer, technicians and inspectors.
  • Hands-on role - you'll be leading the team but also doing QE work yourself.
  • Own non-conformance and root cause processes, driving permanent corrective actions.
  • Authority to stop release of finished product if standards aren't met.
  • Work closely with production, NPI and R&D to ensure quality is built in before handover to manufacturing.
  • Liaise with counterpart at the group's second site on a fortnightly basis, with occasional travel.
  • Report into the Senior Quality Manager overseeing quality across both sites.
  • Manage quality KPIs including scrap, rework and out-of-sequence product.
  • Lead quality audits, FMEA, PPAP and control plan management.
  • Support new product introduction and pre-production trials, including work on premium OEM prototype programmes.

Skills

Quality engineering background
Team leadership
Root cause analysis
Reading engineering drawings
Six Sigma or Lean manufacturing
Automotive/vehicle manufacturing

Job description

Tech Connect Group is seeking a hands-on Quality Manager for a specialist vehicle conversion manufacturer at the Pontypool site. You will own product quality, lead a small team, and have authority to stop release if standards aren’t met, coordinating with production, NPI and R&D.

You will bring a strong quality engineering background with leadership experience, knowledge of ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP and FMEA, and exposure to Six Sigma or Lean manufacturing in a fast-paced automotive environment.

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