COME JOIN OUR JOURNEY! When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fueled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. Be part of the journey. Introduction This role supports the continuous growth of TT Electronics Fairford by leading, developing and continuously improving the Quality Department. The role holder will work alongside the incumbent Quality Manager for a 6-month period of transition and handover before assuming full responsibility for Quality and Assurance across the site and driving a continuous improvement of the Quality Culture. The successful applicant will form part of the wider Site Management Team and will play a pivotal role in the site’s daily and weekly operations. Key Responsibilities • Line Management and accountability for the Quality Team (3 Direct reports) including their performance, professional development, time and attendance all whilst fostering a positive, high performance team culture. (Post handover) • Manage all aspects of Site Quality and Assurance. • Work with Operations and Site Management to integrate quality objectives into business objectives and develop quality improvement strategies to reduce the cost of poor quality and drive operational efficiencies. • Conduct internal, external and customer audits in line with our certifications and own high-quality standards. Produce improvement and corrective action plans and ensure these are communicated and tracked. • Lead and train others to develop effective corrective and preventive actions using 8D and Mistake Proofing concepts in response to customer concerns, COPQ data or regular product audit results. • Lead, participate and facilitate various continuous improvement events and projects to support company goals and objectives. Lead cultural change utilizing appropriate continuous improvement tools and methodologies (PDCA, Six Sigma, Mistake Proofing, kaizen, etc). • Utilise strong interpersonal skills to communicate and engage support for driving COPQ improvement across various functions and levels within the Site and Division. • Contribute to site engagement and people initiatives. • Be a positive role model for the health and safety of your team and the site, raising hazards and looking for opportunities to make our site even safer. • Contribute to the development of the site by undertaking any other reasonable management requests. Core Requirements Someone who is: • Educated to Degree Level (Project and Change Management skills are desirable but not essential) • Demonstrate a successful track record within a similar position at a similar level or having developed experience or significant professional develop to make a step to first Quality Manager Role. • Professional and confident communicator (written and verbal) at all levels. • Self-motivated with the ability to work proactively in a manufacturing environment. • Experienced with working with Quality Management Systems within an Aerospace and Defence company • Experience of being responsible for an AS9100 Audit • Knowledge of NADCAP is a bonus but not essential/ • Strong stakeholder management and communication Skills, can demonstrate their ability to, build good working relationships, persuade and influence at a senior level, both externally and internally • Positive, enthusiastic with a track record of making significant improvements in their areas of expertise. • Data driven with strong analytical and problem-solving ability • Strong IT skills. Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook). What We Offer You: From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress to more senior leadership roles within the TT Electronics Fairford or the wider group if this is in your own career plan. • Enhanced pension contributions • Healthcare cashback plan • Employee assistance programme • Site incentive plan • Financial wellbeing benefit • Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers • Cycle to Work Scheme • Discounted RAC membership • Discounted Gym membership • 195 hours annual leave plus bank holidays • A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. Our Recruitment Process: Initially we will reach out to you for an informal conversation about the role. This will allow you the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about TT, our site and our team. It will also give us the chance to learn more about you and your experience to date. At this point both parties have the opportunity to decide if they would like to continue with the process. Formal Interviews will be held on site and include a tour of the facility. Due to the specific projects TT Electronics Fairford Supports we are unable to sponsor work visas for this role. Candidates will be required to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard Clearance and hold UK or US citizenship. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre and during employment drug and alcohol testing. Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe – so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you! Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we’d love to hear from you. WeAreTT BeMeAtTT