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Join Our Moores Family as a Quality Assurance Specialist!
Are you a dedicated and hardworking individual with a passion for quality?
Our client is looking for someone like you to join their family. As a pivotal member of their Quality Assurance (QA) team, you will help to meet and exceed customer expectations, ensuring sustained success and customer confidence.
What’s in it for you:
Starting salary up to £35,000 per annum.
80% Staff Discount on products
Non-Sacrifice Company Pension
Generous Holiday entitlement plus bank holidays
Free Parking
On-site Company subsidized canteens
Life insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Annualized Health Surveillance, Hearing, Lung Function, and Blood Pressure Tests
2-week Christmas shut down
Provided PPE, including safety footwear, eye protection, and ear protection
Monday to Friday shifts in an annualized hours pattern.
About the Job:
As a Quality Assurance Specialist, your primary focus will be on maintaining and enhancing the quality of our products and processes. You will:
- Ensure Excellence: Meet customer-specific requirements and uphold product specifications.
- Drive Continuous Improvement: Develop and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) and Quality Acceptance Standards (QAS) across the business.
- Promote a Quality Culture: Work across all teams to instill a quality-first mindset.
- Training & Communication: Guide process owners in understanding and applying quality procedures, standards, and specifications.
- Incident Investigation: Collaborate with operations to investigate incidents, manage non-conformances, and communicate product recalls.
- Quality Audits & Compliance: Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with QA procedures and standards, providing feedback and coaching to production teams.
- Support & Leadership: Lead and support QA initiatives, especially during the absence of the Quality Manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and generate SoP and QAS documentation.
- Conduct process confirmation audits and investigations.
- Act as QA representative during new product development (NPD) and product evaluation trials (PET).
- Support compliance with ISO 9001:2015, EMS 14001:2015, and FSC Chain of Custody standards.
- Play a senior role in the QA team, stepping up to lead in the Quality Manager's absence.
About you:
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
- Strong analytical skills for problem-solving and root cause analysis.
- Knowledge of ‘right first time’ (RFT) and ‘on time in full’ (OTIF) metrics.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Excellent communication skills and a positive, problem-solving attitude.
- Working knowledge of ISO9001:2015 and internal auditing.
- Quality assurance training to level 3 certification (Chartered Quality Institute preferred) would be beneficial, as would Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification, however this is not essential.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of background or experience.
For further information, please contact Alex Tate on (phone number removed) or apply online via our website.
