Quality Assurance Leader

Wavin; Chippenham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin) in Chippenham is seeking a Quality Assurance Leader to drive manufacturing quality through KPI monitoring, audits and continuous improvement. You will coordinate quality inspectors and embed robust processes across the plant.

You bring 3–5 years in a quality role with strong knowledge of quality standards, PFMEA and problem-solving mindset. This role offers the chance to shape quality culture within a global, purpose-led company.

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent education required with solid quality awareness.
• Proven knowledge of quality standards and quality checks.
• Experience in manufacturing quality environments and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Quality inspectors’ activities and monitor KPI performance.
• Create and maintain Quality & Control plans for new products including PFMEA.
• Conduct internal and external audits and drive improvements.
• Improve Quality Excellence system maturity within the plant.
• Monitor and improve quality control activities and root cause analysis.

Skills

Quality assurance

Quality control

Problem solving

Manufacturing

Education

GCSE or equivalent

Tools

PFMEA

Job description

Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for a Quality Assurance Leader to join us at Chippenham. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

The role

Quality Assurance Management

Coordination of the Quality inspectors’ activities, active contribution to manufacturing routines, KPI’s monitoring and improvement, quality manufacturing training, quality inspectors’ competences development.

Quality Assurance Activities

• Quality inputs to project for new products introduction, Quality & Control plan creation for new products (including PFMEA) and monitoring and incoming inspections for non-destructive test).

• Products/process change risks analysis and improvement.

• Internal & external products/process audits.

• Quality Excellence system (manufacturing related) maturity monitoring and improvement.

Quality Control Activities

• Monitoring and improvement of Quality control activities in the plant (quality plan realization, material/products quality checks, capability management).

• Quality internal nonconformities and customer claims root cause analysis and improvement.

The profile

• 3-5 years of experience in relevant role

• Profound knowledge and experience of quality standards and quality checks.

• Profound knowledge of our products and their acceptance criteria.

• Good knowledge of Quality assurance and control methodologies

• Minimum 2 years of experience postgraduate or 2 years in relevant manufacturing role (e.g. Quality inspector, CI).

• Hands-on problem-solving experience (practical problem solving)

• Education: GCSE or Equivalent

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.