Quality Control Team Leader — Lead & Elevate QC

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

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.