Quality Control Team Leader

Harrison Spinks; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A family business in Beeston, Leeds, is seeking a Quality Control Team Leader to ensure product quality and compliance, lead a team, and drive quality initiatives. The role offers opportunities for development and an engaged work culture focused on quality and teamwork.

Benefits

Incremental holiday allowance based on service

Additional wellbeing day

Training & development opportunities

Contributory pension scheme

Colleague Discount

Life Assurance

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and teamwork promotion.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks.
• Experience in quality control processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quality function to ensure products meet defined quality levels.
• Provide leadership on quality control processes.
• Prepare quality reports and drive continuous improvement projects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Strong leadership qualities

Ability to multi-task

Job description

Harrison Spinks is a family business with a focus on quality, innovation, and sustainability. Were not your average business, but if youre willing to work hard, get stuck in and have some fun along the way, then wed love to welcome you to our team.

We are seeking a Quality Control Team Leader within our Beds division based at our manufacturing site in Beeston, Leeds.

Reporting to the Beds Quality Control Manager, the Team Leader will lead the quality function on-site, to ensure that all products are produced to a defined level of quality set by yourself and the leadership team, ensuring that all processes comply with documented requirements, systems and specifications to maintain the highest possible quality on a 'right first time' objective.

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 6am 4pm (39 hours)

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the QA and QC manager to ensure compliance to relevant regulatory requirements.
• Supervise and lead the Quality control team to ensure all products are produced to a defined level of Quality set by yourself and the leadership team.
• Working in conjunction with department Supervisors and Managers to drive continuous improvement projects to improve product quality and consistency.
• Working in conjunction with the goods in team to ensure incoming good checks meet specification.
• Ensuring products are manufactured according to the specified requirements by carrying out audits and cross-referencing specifications to ensure products are manufactured correctly.
• Identify and record any problems relating to the product or process, maintain accurate register, document, analyse and make recommendations for improvements.
• Provide leadership and support on the facilitation of quality control processes and best practices to all operatives.
• Prepare quality and waste reports to review at the daily and weekly KPI meetings.
• Support improvements and develop measures to reduce site returns and customer credits.
• Create, deliver and store toolbox talks relating to Quality to the operations teams.
• NCR/8D process provide support for analysis of non-conforming product and components and raise awareness through action logs.
• Identify and address recurring quality issues.
  
  

Key Skills & Experience

• Ability and confidence to explore areas to improve.
• Promotes teamwork and a positive culture.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to think clearly and work under pressure.
• Ability to multi-task, work to deadlines and prioritise workload to coincide with Production requirements.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Ability to challenge the status quo.
• Strong leadership qualities.
• Resilient.
  
  

Essential Attributes

• Hungry - a manageable and sustainable commitment in doing a job well and going above and beyond when it is truly required.
• Smart - asks good questions, listens to what others are saying and stays engaged in conversations intently.
• Humility - shares credit, emphasises team over self, and defines success collectively rather than individually.
  
  

What We Offer In Return

• Incremental holiday allowance based on service.
• Additional wellbeing day A day dedicated to you.
• Training & development opportunities.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Colleague Discount.
• Life Assurance.
• Wellbeing initiatives.
  
  

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