Quality Control Manager

Our clients have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Control Manager to join their growing team in Poole. The role will be based at Poole and will involve regular travel to Romsey.

This is a key role within the organisation, the QC Manager will be responsible for maintaining the quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001. The QC Manager will be responsible for managing the quality relationship with the customer and regulatory authorities and ensuring audits by external authorities and customers are effectively managed.

Key Accountabilities

Developing, communicating and promoting the quality policies and objectives within the business
Promote improvements to the quality system
Influencing the Leadership Team to actively support quality improvement programmes
Interpreting Quality management system requirements and ensuring appropriate governance is applied.
Providing advice and direction on quality systems best practice
Ensuring continued compliance with certification requirements.
Managing the quality relationship with the customer and regulatory authorities
Ensuring audits by external authorities and customers are effectively managed.
To be a practical hands on person able to interface with all levels of the organisation, with an aptitude to investigate and find resolutions to quality issues
Ensuring continued compliance with ISO 9001 accreditation requirements.
Ensuring audits by external authorities and customers are effectively managed.
Sound understanding of inspection duties/techniques
Raise appropriate internal quality documents including but not limited to Concessions, Certificate of Conformity and Quality reports.
The preparation of monthly performance reports
Auditing all aspects of Quality specific topics.

Experience
A minimum three years’ experience in a quality management, senior quality control or a senior quality engineering position.
Experience of quality tools and techniques such as Lean 6 Sigma an advantage.
Experience of a manufacturing environment in a defence or other highly-regulated industry

Qualifications
The successful candidate will ideally be educated to degree level but consideration will be given to applicants with an HND or similar in a relevant engineering discipline

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.