Laboratory Leader: Materials Quality & Process Compliance

Careers Jaguar Land Rover; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted car purchase

A competitive pension

Life Assurance and Income Protection

Flexible working

Employee learning scheme

Job summary

Jaguar Land Rover is seeking a Laboratory Leader to support the EPMC EV Laboratory's day-to-day operations alongside the Laboratory Metallurgist, ensuring materials quality for assembly and supplied products, while adhering to ISO17025, IATF16949 and internal standards.

The role works across Operations, Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing to meet customer and product requirements, drive measurement and process control, and lead a technical team to deliver KPI targets.

Qualifications

• Strong materials science knowledge.
• Working knowledge of typical Laboratory equipment.
• Understanding of engine/EDU/battery assembly and machining processes.
• Problem solving techniques including 8D or similar.
• Computer literate - comfortable using Office 365 applications daily.
• Supervisory or management experience of a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing to understand customer and product requirements, and provide measurement and process control support.
• Liaise with production to ensure internally manufactured products meet engineering specifications and resolve quality problems.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and KPI support to the operational team contributing to quality performance.
• Assist the Senior Lab Leader with engineering and operational development activities.

Skills

Materials science

Lab equipment

Root cause analysis

8D problem solving

Office 365

Technical team leadership

Engine assembly knowledge

Job description

Jaguar Land Rover is seeking a Laboratory Leader to support the EPMC EV Laboratory's day-to-day operations alongside the Laboratory Metallurgist, ensuring materials quality for assembly and supplied products, while adhering to ISO17025, IATF16949 and internal standards.

The role works across Operations, Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing to meet customer and product requirements, drive measurement and process control, and lead a technical team to deliver KPI targets.