Lead Quality Audit Team — Manufacturing Excellence

Lucid Motors Middle East; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

401(k) retirement plan

Equity program

Cash incentive

Job summary

Lucid Motors in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Manufacturing Quality Audit Lead to plan, coordinate, and report Layered Customer Product Audits across manufacturing, assembly, logistics, and quality operations. You will coach auditors, ensure compliance with work instructions, and drive corrective actions to improve process quality and safety.

The role requires strong communication, analytical skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Good verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Ability to learn new skills and methodologies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple simultaneous projects.
• Valid Driving License is required.
• Willingness to work shift patterns as required by plant operations.
• High school diploma or Industrial School Diploma.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the planning, scheduling, execution, and reporting of Layered Customer Product Audits across manufacturing, assembly, logistics, and quality operations.
• Ensure audit coverage is completed according to established schedules and organizational priorities.
• Coach, mentor, and develop auditors and team members to ensure consistent application of audit standards, methodologies, and reporting requirements.
• Verify adherence to standardized work instructions, control plans, PFMEA controls, quality standards, and operational procedures.
• Assess compliance with safety requirements, process controls, product quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Validate the effectiveness of error-proofing (Poka-Yoke) systems, process controls, containment actions, and quality safeguards.
• Review manufacturing operations to ensure compliance with approved work instructions, process parameters, and operational requirements.
• Identify high-risk areas through analysis of process deviations, recurring defects, internal audit findings, warranty issues, and customer concerns, and adjust audit focus accordingly.
• Review and approve audit findings, ensuring accurate documentation, objective assessments, and timely communication to stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive accountability for timely closure of audit findings through effective tracking and verification of corrective and preventive actions.
• Escalate significant quality, process, safety, or compliance risks to appropriate levels of management.
• Lead follow-up audits and effectiveness reviews to verify sustainability of implemented corrective actions.Analyze audit performance metrics, trends, and systemic issues to identify improvement opportunities and strengthen process compliance.
• Support internal quality system audits, customer audits, manufacturing assessments, launch readiness reviews, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement actions focused on reducing defects, variation, waste, and process failures.
• Prepare and present audit performance reports, KPIs, trends, and risk assessments to management and leadership teams.
• Promote a culture of quality, accountability, process discipline, operational Job Description excellence, and continuous improvement across manufacturing operations
• Ensure audit resources are effectively utilized and aligned with business priorities and manufacturing requirements.
• Support succession planning, capability development, and knowledge sharing within the audit team.

Skills

Creativity

Initiative & judgment

Communication skills

MS Office

Education

High school diploma

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Lucid Motors in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Manufacturing Quality Audit Lead to plan, coordinate, and report Layered Customer Product Audits across manufacturing, assembly, logistics, and quality operations. You will coach auditors, ensure compliance with work instructions, and drive corrective actions to improve process quality and safety.

The role requires strong communication, analytical skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.