Sub Contract Quality Team Leader

Description

An innovative world class organisation has had their southwest manufacturing plant names as a centre of excellence so is now looking for a Sub Contract Quality Team Leader

Located on the south east coast in one of the UK's most popular towns, coming with a healthy relocation packages as well paying up to £40,000 this role will not be open for long so keep reading and apply quickly to avoid disappointment.

This role forms part of a developed and successful Quality Department and the main function will be to lead the sub contract Quality Engineering team to develop and introduce new products, lower defects and respond to complaints.

Main Responsibilities;

• Manage complaint response process with subcontractors to ensure timely and relevant responses and corrective actions.
• Ensure sub contract non-conformance reporting/escalation system operates effectively.
• Coordination and reporting of relevant failure investigations and subsequent corrective and preventive actions and reviewing effectiveness of these.
• Ensure non-conformances are trended and analysed to establish priorities and identify common threads aimed at a continuous reduction in complaints and non-conformance occurrences via process improvements.
• Ensure required processes, practices and standards in production, quality control and related areas are validated.
• Keep abreast of development of standards to ensure techniques and practices are kept up to date; recommend changes as required.
• Preparation of miscellaneous documentation/reports.
• Support product development/transfer activities.
• Oversee customer audits and conduct audits of subcontractors and/or suppliers..
• QA KPI reporting for the subcontract sites.

Education/Experience;

• Proven management skills and experience.
• Recognised/appropriate degree and subsequent experience.
• Ideally having a recognised Institute Membership/Incorporated Engineer.
• Formal training and qualification in Six Sigma techniques would be an advantage.
• Experience of working within an ISO 13485/FDA CFR Part 820 regulated manufacturing environment in a Quality Engineering role.
• Practical knowledge of systems adopted within a regulated Manufacturing facility.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form with all levels of personnel.
• Knowledge of quality tools and techniques, e.g. Discipline investigations, 5 Why, 7 Step, Ishikawa diagrams, SPC, FMEA, Pareto analysis, parts and process capability studies.
• Able to investigate and solve complex issues and define root cause using good analytical skills..
• Knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Office applications including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project and Word. Knowledge of Quality Analyst or MiniTab.
• Ability to work in a team oriented way towards problem resolution and continuous improvement.
• Able to work in a cleanroom environment.

My client is looking to pay up to £40,000 for the right candidate so if you believe you have the correct experience or know someone who has then send your/their CV/details and I will be in touch shortly. We offer a £200 referral reward for all successfully placed candidates. Sthree UK is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.