Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for a Quality Manager who is looking for a fresh challenge in their career, with a role which can make a positive difference.
Fast-paced automotive supplier is seeking a Quality Manager with an automotive background for their manufacturing facility. The successful applicant will be responsible for motivating, training, and leading their staff; resolving customer and supplier quality issues; completing quality reports; maintaining and improving the quality management system; managing all quality assurance activities and giving regular quality presentations.
Requirements for the position -
* HNC or Engineering apprenticeship trained.
* At least five years of similar quality management experience
* Automotive supplier experience
* Root cause analysis and corrective actions
* Strong customer communication experience, developing quality agreements, needs to be authoritarian with respect to decision making on customer affected quality issues. Customer/Supplier site visits when required.
* Prepared to be “hands on”
Qualifications
Skills required,
* IATF 16949 Quality management systems, customer audits and development of improvement plans using highlighted processes. (APQP, PPAP, PSW, 5 WHYS, 8D and lean improvement tools.)
* Good working knowledge of geometric, dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) to assist in decision making to provide leadership & technical support using results from the Coordinate measuring machine and scanner.
* Metallurgical knowledge
* Microsoft Office, Excel, Customer portals.
* Environmental ISO14001 experience.
* Ideally cast aluminium or machining experience
Additional Information
What We Offer:
* The salary for this position will be dependent on the candidate’s experience.
* Ongoing training and development.
* Supportive and skilled team environment.
* Opportunities for progression within the company.
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
* Sick pay