Quality Assurance Manager
Posted Today by Technical Network Recruitment
Negotiable
Outside
Undetermined
Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Quality Management Consultant involves assessing and improving the quality systems and processes of a leading manufacturer of precision machined components. The consultant will create a development plan for the quality team, review and propose improvements to working processes, data collection, and analysis methods, and implement proactive quality improvements. The position requires a strong background in Quality Management within the manufacturing industry, particularly in regulated sectors. The assignment is expected to be outside of IR35 and will involve a flexible commitment over a planned duration of up to three months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand quality team’s knowledge and experience - create a development plan that addresses identified skills gaps
- Review working processes and practices - propose improvements
- Review current data collection methods - assess them for suitability and change if required
- Review current data analysis - propose and introduce changes to analysis techniques and outputs
- Create a pro-active approach to improving quality - reduce reactive work and replace with preventive activities
- Implement improvements to include changes to process, training, and mentoring teams
Key Skills:
- Significant background and experience in Quality Management
- Proven track record working on interim consultancy contracts
- Ability to evaluate current business systems and personnel’s knowledge
- Background in manufacturing industry, ideally in regulated sectors
- Detailed knowledge of ISO business management systems and accreditations
- Sound knowledge of ‘best practice’ quality tools - RCA, FMEA, APQP, Control Plans, Statistical and data analysis
- Confident in navigating cultural differences and leading changes
- Energy, positive demeanor, detail-oriented, and able to handle ambiguities
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Wolverhampton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Our client is a leading global manufacturer of high-performance precision machined components and has continually invested in the latest manufacturing tooling and equipment. The quality department is currently a combined resource from the two merged businesses but has yet to become fully integrated, so an external Quality Management Consultant is sought on an interim basis to make a detailed assessment of their current quality systems, processes, data collection and reporting processes and subsequently and implement a plan to introduce best practices across the UK business.
Job Title - Quality Management Consultant
Business – Manufacture of precision machined components
Location – Wolverhampton
The business currently has a number of standards including ISO9001, ISO14001 plus several customer and market specific accreditations.
Summary of the role
- Understand quality team’s knowledge and experience - create a development plan that addresses identified skills gaps
- Review working processes and practices - propose improvements
- Review current data collection methods - assess them for suitability and change if required.
- Review current data analysis - propose and introduce changes to analysis techniques and outputs
- Create a pro-active approach to improving quality - over time, reduce the % of time spent on reactive work, firefighting & replace, where possible with preventive activities, planning
- Implement improvements to include changes to process, training and mentoring teams
Experience
Applications are sought from candidates who can demonstrate a significant background and experience in Quality Management with a proven track record working on interim consultancy contracts.
- Ability to evaluate the current business systems and personnel’s knowledge and capability and develop and implement a proactive plan to achieve necessary improvements.
- Background in manufacturing industry is essential and will ideally include knowledge of highly regulated industries requirement a high degree of compliance and certification eg: automotive, aerospace, defence, energy, medical devices etc.
- Detailed knowledge of ISO business management systems and accreditations.
- Sound knowledge and application of ‘best practice’ quality tools – RCA, FMEA, APQP, Control Plans, Statistical and data analysis etc
- Confident navigating different cultural differences and lead changes to become a cohesive integrated quality / business management system.
- Key attribute will be energy and a positive upbeat demeanour, detail orientated and able to deal with various ambiguities that will inevitably emerge as a thorough forensic investigation of current business practices is undertaken.
The important bit
It is envisaged that this assignment will be outside of IR35 ( although CEST report is yet to be undertaken). Day rate to be negotiated on an individual basis with a planned duration of the assignment to be determined but could be anything from 1 or 2 days per week to full time for a 3 months duration. However it is expected that this will become clearer once the candidate has spent an initial period in business and better understands the parameters.
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