Quality Manager

Sigma Recruitment; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000

Job description

Why You Should Apply:

Leadership: You'll take the lead in managing and improving quality and quality inspection processes, overseeing a small quality team. Your leadership will be essential in driving efficiency, reducing waste, and ensuring quality standards.

Join an innovative company: Recognised for its innovation and engineering excellence, with operations in nearly 20 countries. You'll be joining a company with a proud heritage, where you'll have the chance to work on cutting-edge projects.

Work-life balance: 1.30 pm finish every Friday; what will you do with your Friday afternoon? Golf, cinema, or time with family?

Grow with the company: You'll benefit from a comprehensive induction alongside ongoing formal and informal training opportunities. Whether developing your leadership skills or expanding your technical knowledge, you'll be supported in reaching your full potential.

What you'll be doing as the Quality Manager:

Reporting to the managing director, you will lead a small quality team, including a trainee quality engineer and two quality technicians. Responsibilities will include:

1. Leadership: Motivate and develop your team and champion quality at every level of the business.
2. Auditing: Conduct internal audits and manage external audits to ensure compliance with ISO9001 standards. Support with supply chain audits.
3. Product Approval & Inspection: Lead the investigation and resolution of quality-related issues, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
4. Quality Systems: Take ownership of the business management systems, ensuring compliance with all third-party approvals and certifications.
5. Culture: Drive a culture of quality across the organisation by identifying areas for improvement, resolving compliance issues, and boosting customer satisfaction while reducing costs linked to non-conformances and scrap.

To apply for the Quality Manager position, you will need the following:

1. Well-developed people leadership skills with a proven track record of motivating and developing teams.
2. Experience gained in a broad quality management role covering quality assurance and quality control.
3. Willingness to be hands-on, including supporting quality control measurement processes.
4. Experience managing audits, internal and external.
5. Ideally, experience gained in an SME environment in a batch or machining environment.

What you'll receive as the Quality Manager:

A salary of up to £60,000, a pension contribution of up to 7.5%, 25 + 8 holidays, and life assurance x 5 salary.

Hours of Work:

5 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8 am - 4.30 pm, Friday 8 am - 1.30 pm.

How to Apply for the Quality Manager position:

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