Quality Manager

106054
Newport, Wales
£45k - 50k per year + Annual bonus
Permanent
Aerospace & Defence

Role: Quality Manager

Location: Newport

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 + annual bonus

Monday – Friday (early finish on Friday)

Permanent Position

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Quality Manager to join a market leading engineering company based in Newport.

The site is fast paced and dynamic, with the successful individual being able to effectively multi-task and work within a hands-on environment.

The Quality Manager will manage all aspects of the Quality function, including controlling processes and materials to ensure product compliance, maintaining the site Quality Systems and Customer Support when needed.

Main responsibilities:

  • To manage the Quality department to ensure that site objectives are met in a timely manner. Including Inspection, Laboratory and NDT processes
  • To liaise with Engineering and Production Departments to trouble shoot on a daily basis and work towards eliminating sources of non-conformance using an analytical approach
  • Responsible for Quality KPI’s and objectives, to provide plans for measuring Continuous Improvement
  • Develop action plans to meet site KPI’s; cascade tasks and objectives to help the site and team members achieve their goals
  • Carry out annual personnel appraisals and identify development & training requirements, then develop and implement plans to fulfil those requirements which are aligned with the site strategy
  • To manage and monitor site quality, processes, and to maintain the necessary site approvals to satisfy Quality and customer specific standards
  • Liaise with customers, managers and staff to ensure QMS are functioning correctly within the business
  • Liaise with customers and suppliers as necessary where they are affected or impacted by quality issues and develop improvement plans
  • Responsible for implementing corporate and site initiatives
  • Ensure a high level of communication to employees, managers, colleagues and most importantly customers

Qualifications, experience and skills:

  • Previous experience in a Senior Quality position within engineering (aerospace/automotive/defence/medical ideally)
  • Experience of AS9100 and NADCAP
  • Thermal coatings experience is advantageous
  • Metallurgical laboratory experience is also advantageous and the ability to examine coating cross sections for hardness, porosity, unmelts & grit entrapment

Qualifications, experience and skills:

  • Electrical qualification is essential together with mechanical aptitude.
  • Flexibility to working hours to react to breakdowns/contractor supervision etc.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • The ability to work on your own and with others, an enthusiastic team player

Salary / package:

  • Annual Bonus
  • Pension - match contribution from 4% - 10%
  • Life Assurance - 2 x annual salary rising to 4 x if join Company pension
  • Free parking on all sites
  • Free refreshments provided
  • An entitlement to full pay whilst off sick for a limited number of days (in addition to your statutory sick pay entitlement)
  • 25 days holiday plus national holidays

For further details, please contact Nick Sollis – 01453 829767 or email your cv [email protected]

Omega Resource Group are an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

We are always seeking Engineering Staff, Senior Managers, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Machinists, Mechanical Fitters, Electrical Fitters, Quality Engineers, Materials Science Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Test Technicians, Technical Authors and Laboratory Technicians to name but a few.

For details of other opportunities available within your chosen field please visit our website www.omegaresource.co.uk

Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors.

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