QA Manager

Job Title: QA Manager

Location: Preston

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

About us:

Glasdon UK Limited is part of the Glasdon Group with companies in Europe and the United States and is a market leader in the design, marketing, and supply of environmental and safety products.

The design and supply of award-winning, high-quality products is fundamental to our 65-year success at Glasdon UK Limited. To further support our 'Quality by Design' mantra, Glasdon UK Limited are looking to recruit a Quality Assurance Manager to assist with all aspects of the QA Department.

About the role:

Our QA department is crucial to ensuring that the high levels of quality demanded from all our market leading products is maintained. To protect the highly regarded reputation of the Company, it is important to maintain the quality of all our products, which include street furniture, recycling products, road safety equipment, winter safety products, water safety products, cycle shelters and modular buildings.

This is an excellent opportunity for a QA professional, passionate about sustainability, to drive product excellence and support our commitment to environmental sustainability.

The successful candidate with be provided with full and comprehensive support and training.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• General day to day management of a team within a busy QA Department.
• Manage and implement Total Quality Management initiatives and strategies throughout the entire supply chain.
• Maintain, develop and implement robust quality assurance processes aligned with technical specifications and ISO accreditations.
• Ensure stringent compliance with evolving environmental and health & safety regulations.
• Conduct quality inspections, testing of incoming stock and audits throughout the production cycle.
• Oversee environmental stress testing, accelerated aging tests and performance evaluations.
• Analyse and interpret product quality data and investigate defects to drive corrective actions.
• Audit, develop and support a network of new and existing suppliers throughout the UK and worldwide to align with our UN Sustainability Development Goals.
• Work collaboratively with various stakeholders throughout the in-house supply chain, including the company's Design team through the entire lifecycle of new products.
• Maintain accurate and extensive technical files, quality records and compliance documentation.

Ideal Candidate Background:

• Degree in Engineering, Science, Quality Management, or related technical field.
• Commercial experience of progressive QA and quality control.
• Excellent IT, literacy, numerical and analytical skills.
• A confident, pro-active individual with good communication skills.
• A proven record of managing people or a desire to develop supervisory and managerial skills.
• Familiar with TQMS, ISO 14001:2015 / 9001:2015, ESG, UN Sustainable Development Goals, environmental regulations, safety standards and supplier auditing.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Benefits:

• 33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 depending on length of service).
• Buy/sell up to 5 days holiday each year.
• Holidays can be booked flexibly in 30-minute blocks.
• Company related performance bonuses.
• Company final salary pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service.
• Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date.
• Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service.
• Private health insurance scheme after a minimum of one years' service.
• Health cashback plan.
• Company sick pay scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Compassionate leave
• Relocation support loans.
• Long service awards.
• Subsidised on-site café/social space.
• Free on-site parking.
• Special occasion gifts.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• On-site Gym and changing facilities.
• Team building activities / days.
• Flexitime work pattern.
• Company events.
• At cost on-site electric vehicle charging points.
• Paid charity days.
• Charity fundraising events.
• Social activities.
• Promotion opportunities
• Skills development.
• Professional study support.
• Comprehensive training programmes

Terms and Conditions:

• Full-time, permanent position.
• Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm (subject to the needs of the role).
• 30-minute lunch break.

• Monthly Pay in arrears by the 28th day of each month.

Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Product Design, Manufacturing, Engineering, CAD, Tooling, Supplier Management, Process Planning, Production, Warehousing, Environmental Awareness, Product Life Cycle, Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Management, Software, MS Office, Excel, .NET, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Auditing, FSC, British Standards, BS, Quality Control, Outlook, Microsoft, Science, Audits, Six Sigma, Lean and Kaizen may also be considered.

The Glasdon Group of Companies is an equal opportunities employer.