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Quality Manager
Location: Aylesford
Job Type: Full-Time
Are you an experienced Quality Manager looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a proactive and hands-on leader to manage our Quality Assurance department and ensure our high standards are upheld in an EN9100 environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a small team of quality engineers, overseeing day-to-day workload and ensuring business needs are met.
- Maintain and improve the Quality Management System (ISO9001, AS/EN9100) and Environmental Management System (ISO14001).
- Lead internal and external audits to ensure accreditation is upheld.
- Handle customer and supplier quality issues, ensuring timely and accurate resolutions.
- Oversee nonconformance management, including containment, correction, and preventive measures.
- Ensure completion of First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) to AS9102 standards.
- Support process improvements, training initiatives, and deployment of quality software and methodologies.
- Maintain calibration status of measuring and test equipment.
- Monitor and improve departmental KPIs to drive performance.
- Work as part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), contributing to business strategy and cross-functional objectives.
What We're Looking For:
Essential:
- Strong GD&T and metrology skills.
- Minimum five years of quality engineering experience.
- A skilled leader with self-motivation, organisation, and autonomy.
- Experience in coaching and upskilling team members.
- In-depth knowledge of AS/EN9100 and ISO14001 standards.
- Adaptability and a problem-solving mindset within a small business environment.
- Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and professional approach.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of machined plastic and metal parts, compression, and transfer moulding.
- Experience in high QA environments.
A degree in an engineering or management discipline.
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