Are you experienced in Quality and looking for your next challenge? Do you want to work with the market leader in banknote production?
We have an opportunity for a Senior Quality Control Team Member to join our team at our Loughton, Essex site. Reporting to the Quality Control FLM, you will be responsible for thorough testing, inspection and auditing, assuring that manufactured products meet the required quality standards. In this role, you will also enable the team to achieve all in-process checks to support achievement of production targets.
Key Responsibilities:
* Support team to achieve departmental and site targets
* Support Print Gemba walks with Print TL to follow up on QRTs/QIRs, escalate issues & communicate priorities to QC’s – only required to cover QC Team Leader absences
* Ensure that all checks and supporting documentation as applicable are completed in a timely and accurate manner
* Liaise with stake holders as necessary to support/escalate quality events and actions
* In-Process – escalate quality issues, agree containment, ensure relevant notifications are raised & support investigations
* Final LOTs – escalate failures, mitigate delivery gaps where possible, ensure relevant notifications are raised.
* Support Customer / Supplier investigations
* Facilitate shift handovers to ensure effective cross shift communication
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Double Day shift pattern – Monday to Friday, 6am – 2pm or 2pm - 10pm (alternated weekly).
From 31st August 2026 we will transition to a 24/5 Shift Pattern - consists of 3 crews of 12-hour shifts of either: 6.00 am to 6.00 pm; and 6.00 pm to 6.00 am, Monday to Friday rota. Attendance is 40 hours per week on average, including a 30-minute unpaid break plus a 15-minute unpaid break to be taken during the shift
Base location: Debden
Basic Salary: £43,550 per annum on Double Days, rising to £46,289 per annum on 24/5 shift pattern. Upon successful completion of a 6-month probation period, this will rise to £47,110 per annum.
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
* Excellent PC skills required (incl. MS Office, ERP systems, SAGE, QIS)
* Good attention to detail, and ability to discern colour
* Background within a quality focused role
* Good level of numeracy and literacy
* Effective and concise communicator
* Experience in taking / recording results via the use of measuring equipment
* Problem solving experience preferred
* Continuous improvement
* Health and Safety awareness
About De La Rue
De La Rue is a leading supplier of currency solutions and a long-standing trusted partner to central banks and governments worldwide. Our products underpin the integrity of economies and trade, enabling businesses and citizens to participate securely in their respective economies.
With a heritage spanning over 200 years, we remain a global leader in advancing security and integrity for currency solutions, supplying 54% of the world’s central banks and manufacturing in the UK, Europe & Asia. We produce fully finished banknotes, polymer substrate, security and currency services.
Benefits
* 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
* Contributory pension scheme (De La Rue pay 1.5x the employee’s contribution – employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%, with employer contributions up to a maximum of 9%)
* Life assurance - 4x your annual salary
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Subsidised Gym Memberships
* Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
* Enhanced family friendly policies (e.g., four weeks paid paternity leave)