Quality Control Team Leader

Team Jobs - Engineering; Poole; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

TJENG is seeking a Quality Control Team Leader to drive the day-to-day QC Inspection team in a busy mechanical engineering setting. You will lead, mentor and develop staff while ensuring production and customer requirements are met to the highest standards.

You will champion continuous improvement, apply quality tools, and support audits and training within a fast-paced environment, with a strong emphasis on quality and people development.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a Quality Control or Inspection team in a mechanical engineering environment.
• Strong technical understanding of quality processes and continuous improvement.
• Ability to communicate effectively, influence others, and stay organised in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and develop the QC Inspection team.
• Allocate workloads and ensure production and customer requirements are met.
• Drive continuous improvement across inspection processes.
• Support root-cause analysis and structured problem solving.
• Maintain compliance with ISO 9001 and relevant H&S requirements.
• Use quality tools including MSA, SPC and Process Capability.
• Support audits, training and team development.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Quality control

Continuous improvement

Problem solving

Team development

Quality systems

Education

Mechanical engineering background

Tools

MSA

SPC

Process Capability

Audits

Job description

Quality Control Team Leader

Poole | Up to £46k

Ready to take the lead in quality and make a real impact?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Quality professional in the capacity of Quality Control Team Leader to step into a high-impact leadership role, where you'll have the opportunity to shape an established QC function, develop your team and influence quality standards across a busy engineering environment.

You'll be joining a forward-thinking, values-driven business that genuinely cares about quality, people and continuous improvement. With a supportive leadership team and ongoing professional development, this is a role where you can build on your experience while making a visible difference.

What's in it for you as Quality Control Team Leader

• Lead and shape a key Quality Control function
• Genuine opportunity to influence processes and drive change
• Supportive leadership team and collaborative culture
• Ongoing professional development
• A forward-thinking business with a strong reputation for quality
• Varied, engaging work within a fast-paced engineering environment

The role as Quality Control Team Leader

You'll lead the day-to-day operation of the QC Inspection team, ensuring high standards of product quality while developing people and driving continuous improvement.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading, supporting and developing the QC Inspection team
• Allocating workloads and ensuring production and customer requirements are met
• Driving continuous improvement across inspection processes
• Supporting root-cause analysis and structured problem solving
• Maintaining compliance with ISO 9001 and relevant H&S requirements
• Using quality tools including MSA, SPC and Process Capability
• Supporting audits, training and team development
• Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and performance

What our client are looking for as Quality Control Team Leader

You'll ideally have previous experience leading a Quality Control or Inspection team within mechanical engineering, together with a strong technical understanding of quality processes and continuous improvement.

You'll be a confident people leader, technically minded and solutions-focused, with the ability to communicate effectively, influence others and stay organised in a fast-paced environment.

If you're ready for your next quality leadership challenge and want the opportunity to genuinely shape and improve a department, I'd love to hear from you.

TJENG