Quality Team Leader

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Quality Team Leader to drive quality service delivery and manage inspection resources. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance processes and achieve KPIs. The ideal candidate will have strong team management skills, a background in quality management systems, and the ability to influence decision-making. With a commitment to professional growth and a supportive work environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to quality assurance in a dynamic setting. Join a team that values your potential and offers a range of benefits to support your career development.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

208 hours of holiday

Market leading pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Professional Career Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in managing quality systems and processes.
• Ability to lead a team and engage with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support quality service delivery and manage inspection resources.
• Lead a team in quality-related activities and ensure training.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Team Management

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Root Cause Analysis

Education

Experience in Quality Management

Technical Environment Experience

Tools

PC-DMIS

Lean Tools

Six Sigma

Job description

Quality Team Leader

Location: RG30 3RR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: Starting from £40,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for a Quality Team Leader to Support Quality service delivery through expert guidance and appropriate allocation of inspection resource. To provide and manage local Quality resource and expertise to support numerous internal or external stakeholders of within their specific area. Work as part of a cross functional team to deliver improvement through collaboration.

They will be the technical point of contact for all inspection related activities, provide support to the team through their own experience and support manufacturing in achieving KPIs and improvement opportunities.

Who are we looking for?

• Good interpersonal skills/communication
• Ability to manage and maintain management systems, processes and procedures.
• Good experience of managing a team
• Ability to influence decision making through negotiation.
• The ability to engage and have influence with a variety of stakeholders.
• Facilitate meetings and Visual Management Boards
• Ability to work with problem solving tools with particular focus on root cause analysis

We do need you to have the following:

• Allocation of resource to inspect and certify products, process, services, and trials.
• Management of Route-cards, non-conformities, concessions, and work permits.
• Maintenance and enhancement of team skills, knowledge, and capabilities to ensure the appropriate skill level and capability.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
• Contribute subject matter expertise in the fields pertinent to their role.
• Support delivery of technical assessments using appropriate methodologies.
• Contribute to the development and validation of Quality methodologies.
• Participation in experimental trials improvement activities and audits, where appropriate.
• Engagement with relevant AWE stakeholders and our international partners.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.
• Lead a small team in all Quality related activities and ensure staff are adequately trained and practised in the task.

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems and related standards i.e. Health & Safety, Environment, Security
• Experience working within a technical environment.
• Experienced in report writing and delivery to cross functional teams
• Experience in engaging with internal/external stakeholders
• Experience of improvement tools i.e. Lean or Sig sigma
• Experience with inspection software, ideally PC-DMIS
• Strong knowledge on GD&T through BS 8888

You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work.
• In addition, 208 hours of holiday each year (equal to at least 25 days leave) plus Bank Holidays.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Burghfield.

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