Quality Engineering Manager

JR United Kingdom; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive supplier is seeking a Quality Manager to ensure quality standards and accreditations are achieved. The role involves leading a team in a fast-paced environment, managing quality-related issues, and ensuring compliance with ISO and IATF standards. Candidates should have a strong engineering background, be adept in quality tools like FMEA and 8D, and have auditing experience.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Pension

Qualifications

• Proven background in engineering.
• Experience in quality management systems and auditing standards.
• Ability to lead a quality engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead product and process excellence.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.
• Manage quality-related issues with customers and suppliers.

Skills

Quality Management

Problem Solving

FMEA

Root Cause Analysis

ISO 9001

IATF 16949

Technical Drawing Interpretation

Team Leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Certified Lead Auditor for IATF 16949

Job description

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Leading Automotive First and Second Tier supplier is seeking a Quality Manager. You will ensure the organisation achieves the required quality accreditations and standards and proactively lead Quality Engineering team.

Commutable from: Coventry, Birmingham, Leicester, Northampton

Salary: £ Negotiable + Car Allowance + Pension.

The Role

The Quality Manager will spearhead product and process excellence within a thriving, fast-paced automotive environment. The Quality Manager will ensure processes needed for the Quality Management System are established, implemented, and maintained and be responsible to stop processes and escalate at appropriate level in cases of non-conformities. You will ensure product safety related identifications and requirements are fulfilled and report the performance of the QMS to the Managing Director.

The Quality Manager will manage quality-related issues with customers and suppliers and function as the appointed Management and Customer Representative for Quality Management at site level which includes all customer specific automotive certification including IATF.

You will ensure the implementation of adequate preventive and evaluation tools, product inspection and testing, FMEA, Poke Yoke and robust problem-solving activities through usage of 8D processes. You will ensure that all specific issues regarding Quality are implemented and observed in line with ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.

The Person

The successful candidate will possess a proven background in engineering and be able to read and interpret technical drawings. You will be well versed in managing quality engineering concerns in a busy manufacturing plant and be able to lead and influence a team of quality engineers.

The Quality Manager will possess a good awareness engineering tools including FMEA, 8D and Root Cause problem solving alongside proven expertise and experience auditing to IATF 16949 as a certified Lead Auditor. Some travel will be required to supplied and customer sites, this is a site-based role working Monday to Friday with a lunchtime finish on Fridays.

To apply, please contact James Colley with a current CV.