Quality Manager

Siemens; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mobility solutions company is seeking a Quality Manager to oversee quality management within various depots. You will ensure project quality, implement improvement methods, and conduct audits. The ideal candidate holds a degree in Engineering or Quality, with experience in safety-critical environments and knowledge of core quality methods. Competitive compensation and flexible benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company bonus

Flexible benefits

Holiday allowance

Pension

Qualifications

• Working experience in Lean Methods and Approaches.
• Experience of working in a safety critical manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of core quality methods like FMEA, 8D, and 5Why.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cross-functional cooperation with various departments.
• Coach project team members in agile/lean methods.
• Conduct audits to identify and eliminate risks.
• Develop and control the implementation of quality plans.

Skills

Lean Methods

Internal Auditing to ISO standards

Ability to influence colleagues

Core quality methods

Experience in quality critical environments

Education

Degree in Engineering, Operations or Quality

Job description

Overview

At Siemens Mobility, we believe our people are the cornerstone of our success. We are committed to nurturing a supportive and inclusive environment where every team member can thrive. Join our global community, where your growth and development are as important as our shared mission to innovate and transform the Rail industry. Ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

We are currently recruiting for Quality Managers to support our various Siemens Mobility depots - Crawley, Northampton, Southampton and Manchester with the requirement to travel to other SMO locations as needed. The Quality Managers will lead and coordinate project quality of their assigned organizational unit ensuring the implementation of quality improvement methods and the improvement of process performance management. These roles will also focus on process and delivery quality, customer satisfaction, cost of quality and NCR's (Non-conformance reports), and will also be authorized and obliged to stop processes, projects and products that deviate from quality standards and requirements.

Responsibilities

You’ll make a difference by

• Ensuring cross-functional cooperation with Procurement, Logistics, R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Service and relevant suppliers to achieve quality business goals.
• Adapting and providing a project-specific management system including project documentation, regulations and methods, following a risk-based approach.
• Coaching project team members in agile/lean methods or even acts as a SCRUM master in agile projects, driving lessons learned across projects and ensuring that managers and employees have a quality-oriented mindset.
• Ensuring professional non-conformance (NC) management, the implementation of quality improvement methods and the improvement of process performance management (e.g. 8D, RCA, FMEA), and project quality reporting as integrated part of project reporting.
• Contributing to project planning to ensure that project-specific, quality-relevant requirements are considered starting with the sales phase and providing real-time transparency for ad-hoc and routine analysis, instant decision making, preventive action and continuous improvement.
• Initiating training for project employees with regards to quality (e.g. methods and processes) and ensuring sustainable KPI's, coordinating and leading functional teams to solve customer complaints.
• Developing, controlling and ensuring the implementation of a quality plan (including quality assurance measures such as review / test / validation) for the project derived from existing QM system agreed with the business, customer, partners and suppliers.
• Perform product, process or systems audit as appropriate to identify and eliminate risks, non-conformance and non-value adding costs by having site responsibility for internal audit of Business Management Systems (ISO9001, 14001, 45001, 27001, RISQS) and taking the lead on all external audits of the fleet / site.

Qualifications

Your success will be grounded by

• A degree or equivalent in an Engineering, Operations or Quality Related topic
• Working experience in Lean Methods and Approaches in a project related industry.
• Experience and qualified for internal auditing to ISO standards.
• Ability to interface, work with and influence colleagues across the full spectrum of the fleet from Technicians to Fleet Delivery Manager
• Experience of working in an advanced quality / safety critical manufacturing environment: automotive, aero, pharma, explosive atmosphere etc with practical experience of APQP style processes.
• Profound knowledge of core quality methods like FMEA, 8D, Ishikawa Diagram, 5Why and Value Stream Management.

Benefits

You'll benefit from

Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, company bonus, holiday allowance and pension. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you.

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We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. Come bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us!

Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility

We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from all individuals, including those with disabilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter, who will be happy to support you.

At Siemens, we promote a growth mindset, the self-belief that we can learn and grow, take on new challenges and adapt to change. If you don\'t match all the criteria for this role but feel you have transferable skills to enable you to succeed, we encourage you to apply.