Quality Strategy Leader — Governance & Improvement

CRP Subsea Ltd; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus up to 15%

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 4x salary

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

You will shape the quality strategy, lead cross-functional initiatives, monitor key metrics, and ensure supplier and product acceptance criteria align with ITPs. This role emphasizes strong leadership, collaboration and rigorous quality control.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of relevant management system standards.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to plan workloads effectively.
• Highly organised with documentation and record keeping.
• Understanding of management systems and compliance processes.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong attention to details and accuracy.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Quality management systems training

Responsibilities

• Promote a positive culture through leadership, consultation, and communication.
• Promote company vision of QC responsibility at all levels.
• Ensure access to competent advice and support.
• Mentor others on quality-related matters, both within the QC & Test team and the wider business.
• Support the development of Quality strategy, objectives, and improvement plans.
• Verify, through audit and monitoring, that operational areas are effectively managing quality risks.
• Provide a focal point of contact for external stakeholders and regulators regarding quality matters.
• Ensure appropriate review of quality performance is undertaken by the management team and that corrective action is applied (where necessary) as a result, with scrutiny applied to the effectiveness of implementation.
• Carry out monitoring and measuring activities on quality key performance indicators.
• Review customer requirements and ensure that they are met or exceeded.
• Ensure inspection/FAT activities are aligned with ITP requirements and recorded where relevant.
• Establish quality requirements for suppliers and feed into the Technical Purchasing Specification documents.
• Defining quality/test procedures and product acceptance criteria in conjunction with product design engineering teams.
• Monitoring performance trends by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• Co-ordinate NCR reporting in the business system including regular communication to relevant stakeholders of status with respect to quantities open and closure times.
• Provide documentation of FAT test results ensuring any failing results are captured and investigated using the NCR process.
• Defines, maintains and co-ordinates quality objectives in line with site strategic goals.
• Overall management of QC and Test teams to optimise their contribution to the business with particular emphasis on efficient individual and team working through adequate communication and training.
• Lead investigations into process variation, NCRs, and recurring non-conformances to support root cause analysis and corrective actions using defined Practical Problem-Solving methodologies.
• Monitor trends and prioritise areas that require improvement.
• Identify new techniques and initiatives for improving quality.
• Provide assistance and advice to other departments on quality matters.

Skills

Quality management

Leadership

Documentation

Compliance

Time management

Communication

Stakeholder relations

Attention to detail

MS Office

QMS training

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

You will shape the quality strategy, lead cross-functional initiatives, monitor key metrics, and ensure supplier and product acceptance criteria align with ITPs. This role emphasizes strong leadership, collaboration and rigorous quality control.