Manufacturing Audit Team Lead - Quality & Compliance

Lucid Motors; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucid Motors is seeking a Team Leader to coordinate Layered Control Process (LCP) audits across manufacturing operations. You will verify compliance with standardized work, coach auditors, and drive timely corrective actions to sustain product quality.

The role emphasizes cross-functional problem solving, safety compliance, and accountability for audit outcomes in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Candidates should possess a high school diploma or technical diploma, good communication

Qualifications

• High school diploma or Industrial School Graduate in Industrial or other technical discipline.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the planning, scheduling, execution, and reporting of Layered Customer Product Audits (LCPA) 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.
• 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

Creative

Good communication

MS Office knowledge

Initiative & judgement

Education

High school diploma/Industrial School

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Lucid Motors is seeking a Team Leader to coordinate Layered Control Process (LCP) audits across manufacturing operations. You will verify compliance with standardized work, coach auditors, and drive timely corrective actions to sustain product quality.

The role emphasizes cross-functional problem solving, safety compliance, and accountability for audit outcomes in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Candidates should possess a high school diploma or technical diploma, good communication