Quality Coordinator - PermanentBased in Milton Keynes£52,600 pa An exciting opportunity to lead and maintain the quality management of the Milton Keynes manufacturing site. Maintain the requirements for the quality certifications, to ensure that customer concerns and site quality issues are resolved effectively and efficiently. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIESEnsure site compliance with IATF16949 and ISO9001 standards; arrange and facilitate appropriate internal and external site audits, maintain integrity and consistently review site documents – electronic or otherwise – to ensure compliance with site and regulatory requirementsCo-ordinate site response to customer quality and application complaints, including direct liaison with other company sites, technical centres, business and customer account managersCo-ordinate site raw material quality concerns, ensuring issues are resolved in a timely and efficient waySupport Physical Testing and Finish Product ReleasingMaintain site control plans and process FMEAsConduct annual site management reviewManage the site calibrations system to ensure all equipment is maintained within the appropriate calibration regimeLiaise with Logistics Supervisor to ensure slow moving stock is kept within targetManage blocked stocks to ensure that they are assessed for opportunities to rework wherever possible and sell to trader when this is not feasibleProvide accurate and timely reports to Site Management team relating to product, quality and performance issuesRepresent MK plant at regular corporate quality meetingsAttend other company locations from time to time as part of internal auditing team.Be the focal point for intra company knowledge exchange and sharing of best practiceLiaise closely with Operations team and QC Technicians to ascertain daily plant quality issuesLiaise with Operations department to identify and recommend training and development requirements of Shift Quality ControllersLiaise with product application and development group, in conjunction with asset management, for the introduction of new productsIdentify and specify replacement QC lab equipment as and when appropriateDuty manager responsibility for site emergencies on a rota basis. PERSON SPECIFICATION:Education: Science Degree or HNC or equivalentWork Experience:

Previous experience of quality assurance
Previous experience in plastics industry preferred

Licenses & Certifications:

Internal IATF auditor qualified

Critical Competencies/Behaviours:

Instils Trust and Exemplifies Integrity – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
Collaborates – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives, within and across functions.
Ensures Accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments

Skills:

Fluent in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Experienced in SAP, or a similar package, would be an advantage

Company Benefits:The holiday entitlement is 25 days/annum plus bank holidaysWe offer membership of the Company Defined Contribution Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 10% matching double employee contributions.We also offer Private Healthcare, Group Life & Income Protection insurances, a Health Cash Plan and a Cycle to Work Scheme.Working hours 8.00-16.00 Monday-Friday Please let us know we need to make reasonable adjustments to our process, please let us know so we cantalk about how we can best support you and make the adjustments that may be needed. Altitude-Recruitment Limited acting as an Employment Agency and Employment Business.

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