Quality Inspection Team Leader

Travail Employment Group; Brackley; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company based in Brackley is seeking a Quality Inspector Team Leader. The role involves managing a team of quality inspectors, ensuring quality standards, and meeting delivery schedules. Candidates must have supervisory experience in engineering or manufacturing, preferably in the automotive sector. The position offers a salary of £31,200 - £33,000, a good work-life balance, and various benefits including private healthcare.

Benefits

Company Pension

31 days holiday including bank holidays

Private Health-care

Christmas shut down

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quality Inspector Supervisor or Team Leader in engineering/manufacturing.
• Ability to manage a team, meet daily targets, and handle HR responsibilities.
• Strong background in quality assurance and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the inspection team.
• Ensure quality standards and on-time delivery.
• Handle non-conformances and maintain compliance with quality management systems.

Skills

Team management

Excellent communication skills

Health & Safety Awareness

Pressure handling

Tools

CAD

Inspection measuring arms

Job description

Quality Inspector Team Leader, Brackley, Permanent opportunity, Monday to Friday working, no shift work, overtime available when busy. Christmas Shut down and Bank Holidays off, starting salary of £31,200 - £33,000 DOE

We have an excellent opportunity for a Quality Inspector Team Leader to join our client who manufacture parts for the automotive industry. As the Quality Inspector Team Leader you will be hands on carrying out Quality Inspections and you will also be responsible for the day to day management of a small team of Quality Inspectors covering the following areas.

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the inspection team, ensuring job schedules are adhered to, quality is met, and 100% on time delivery is met.
• Attending Quality meetings with the quality and production teams to assist with resolving customer issues including reviewing components that are considered borderline
• Ensuring the team have produced all the work to the highest standards.
• Look after the teams HR requirements including being a mentor and offering day to day support.
• Ensure that all parts inspected are in line with the customer; carbon fibre and or lacquer / paint standards both mid process and prior to dispatch
• Work with other department heads to re-work non-conforming products
• Communicate and record all non-conformances on the internal quality management database.
• Ensure that the inspection department is compliant with the quality management system and company procedures
• Ensure all measuring equipment is kept in good working order and calibrated accordingly
• Maintain a clean and tidy working environment.

• Work with the Goods Out Team to determine priority of work and allocate labour accordingly
• To deal with any engineering changes and ensure quality manuals are up to date

Essential Experience

To be considered for this role you will have previously worked as a Quality Inspector Supervisor / Team Leader within an engineering / manufacturing company ideally within the automotive or carbon fibre sectors. Other sectors will be considered however we are unable to accept applications from candidates who come from the food manufacturing sectors. Other skills and experience we are looking for are the following

• Experience of managing a small team, working to job schedules and meeting daily targets whilst dealing with dealing with recruitment, absence, disciplinary and performance reviews
• Be approachable with a positive attitude with the desire to lead by example.

• Have experience in working within a very busy environment
• Have excellent communication skills
• Be able to work under pressure and deal with ever changing priorities.
• Have constant Health & Safety Awareness.

Desirable Experience

• Working with CAD
• Use of inspection measuring arms
• Ability to inspect paint paints
• Knowledge of composite manufacturing

Benefits package consists of

• Company Pension
• 31 days holiday including bank holidays
• Private Health-care
• Christmas shut down

If you are looking for a new challenge, in a leadership role that offers you a good work life balance then please apply by sending your CV, or for more information please contact Lynne in the Wellingborough Office.

Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.