Quality Control Supervisor

TE Connectivity Corporation; Swindon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global industrial technology leader is seeking a Quality Control Supervisor in Swindon. This role involves overseeing the QC team, ensuring quality standards are met, and fostering a strong safety culture. Candidates should have 5+ years of Quality Control experience in manufacturing and demonstrate strong technical skills. The position offers competitive compensation and various employee benefits, including performance-based bonuses and health incentives.

Benefits

Competitive Salary Package

Performance-Based Bonus Plans

Health and Wellness Incentives

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Community Outreach Programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a Quality Control role.
• Experience in a manufacturing plant Quality Lab environment.
• Proficient in laboratory and product testing procedures.
• Strong understanding of test equipment and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and motivate the QC team ensuring standards are met.
• Timely delivery of objectives and people management.
• Drive a strong safety culture within the team.
• Lead daily and weekly meetings for continuous improvement.
• Manage holidays and absence to ensure business needs are covered.

Skills

Quality Control

Laboratory Testing

Team Management

Technical Troubleshooting

Attention to Detail

Tools

Test Equipment

Job description

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At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Why you should join:

An opportunity has arisen to backfill the role of Quality Control Supervisor, currently overseeing the Materials Compounding department & the W&C Quality Control department. The role will supervise & motivate the QC team to ensure all agreed standards are met & continuously improved.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the timely delivery of objectives & KBMs, including goals & day-to-day people management. They will play a key role in driving a strong safety culture within the team, while ensuring full adherence to company policies & procedures.

• Deliver on agreed quality KBM requirements.
• Perform hands-on testing and support the workload around other duties on a day-to-day basis.
• Complete monthly 1-2-1’s, end of year appraisals and objective setting for their team, driving accountability, engagement and development.
• Liaise with Manager, communicate any issues and respond to changing requirements efficiently and effectively. Enable effective communication between management and team.
• Creation of a Skills Matrix, and ensuring comprehensive skillset across the team, highlighting gaps within the team and creating strategy to close them.
• Actively encourage a “Team Culture”
• Attend labour meetings, define requirements, and allocate appropriately.
• Actively attend daily Tier 3 meetings for both value streams.
• Lead daily and/or weekly Handover/Go meetings with team members and influence with positive steps for improvement.
• Maintain a clean and safe workplace in accordance with 5S protocol & engage in weekly QC Gemba’s taking accountability where ownership identified.
• Management of holidays (T&A) and/or absence to ensure cover for business needs.
• Ensure timely review and disposition of Blocked Stock (QC hold).
• Review and rewrite Risk Assessments & SOPs where relevant/required.
• Understand the sites EH&S objectives and targets and actively work to ensure departmental compliance.
• Be an active participant and advocate of the TE Connectivity’s Lean methodology (TEOA – Continuous Improvement)
• Support QC specific external 3rd party Certification Body (CB) audits and internal audit program ensuring effective close out of any Non-Conformances and Opportunities for Improvement in both QC areas (site H & A)
• Enable effective communication between management and team.
• Support effective recruitment and onboarding processes in line with business requirements where applicable.

Your ideal background:

• The ideal candidate will have held a position in Quality Control and possess 5 years + of experience in a manufacturing plant Quality Lab environment. This experience should be in a Quality or Engineering role within the aerospace, military, or automotive sectors, or in a similarly regulated & technically demanding industry.
• Proficient in performing a wide range of laboratory & product testing procedures.
• Strong understanding of test equipment, with the ability to troubleshoot & resolve issues effectively.
• Technically minded with a practical, hands-on approach; able to interpret a wide range of technical drawings & specifications.
• High attention to detail with excellent numeracy, verbal, & written communication skills.
• Strong PC skills with an aptitude for learning new systems & laboratory equipment.
• Collaborative team player, able to work effectively with internal & external stakeholders across diverse cultural environments.
• Organised & highly self-motivated, capable of managing multiple tasks & adapting to changing production priorities to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates behaviours aligned with TE Values & Ethical Conduct.

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 9,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 130 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn , Facebook , WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

• Competitive Salary Package
• Performance-Based Bonus Plans
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
• Employee Resource Group

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.

Location: SWINDON, SWD, GB, SN3 5HH

City: SWINDON

State: SWD

Country/Region: GB

Travel: Less than 10%

Requisition ID: 142604

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Function: Quality

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