Details:
- Salary: £60,000 - 65,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: SS2 Prittlewell Southend-on-Sea
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
We’re looking for a Quality Manager to join a specialist precision engineering business in Southend.
This is a role suited to someone with strong aerospace quality experience and hands-on knowledge of FAIRs, as you will be taking ownership of the Quality Management System and providing clear direction to a small inspection team.
What’s on offer?
* Up to £65,000 per year
* Mon – Thu | 6:45am – 4:30pm
* 16 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Additional 4 fixed days for the Christmas shutdown
* Pension Plan
* Health Cash Plan
* Life Assurance
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Shopping discounts
* Weekly team breakfast
What will you be doing as a Quality Manager?
* Taking ownership of the site’s Quality Management System
* Leading and prioritising the workload of the inspection team
* Maintaining quality standards in line with AS9100 / ISO 9100 requirements
* Creating and approving FAIRs / LAIRs
* Managing calibration, testing, qualification and associated approvals
* Planning and carrying out internal and external quality audits
* Overseeing inspection and verification of components throughout production
* Driving continuous improvement and reducing quality errors
* Managing customer and quality issues as required
* Identifying training, resource and development needs within the team
* Supporting inspection activity directly when additional cover is required
What will you need?
* Direct aerospace quality experience – essential
* Strong FAIR / LAIR experience – essential
* Experience working to AS9100 / ISO 9100
* Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications
* Experience conducting internal and external audits
* Previous leadership, supervisory or team-leading experience
* Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems
Applicants from defence, automotive or nuclear manufacturing may also be considered where they have strong transferable quality experience, although aerospace and FAIR experience remain the key requirements.
Interested?
Apply today or speak with Josh at KPJ Group for more information on (phone number removed) between 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday.
KPJ Group are a specialist Recruitment Consultancy with more than 50 years of experience delivering staffing solutions. We treat each application with a high degree of care however due to the high volume of applications are sometimes unable to contact all individuals. If you do not hear from us within 5 days of submitting your application, please assume that unfortunately you have not been shortlisted