Staffing

The company form part of a materials technology division of Aalberts Industries NV, specialising in the surface and heat treatment processes to the UK manufacturing base. Customers include many well known names in the aerospace, automotive, power generation, white goods, construction and general engineering sectors.

Reporting to the Works Manager you will be a key member of the management team and will work closely with Production, Sales and Customers, in order to enhance and promote a Quality driven agenda across the site.

The successful candidate will need to be able to practically demonstrate that they have the ability to actively drive, and continually promote, a total quality culture across all areas of the plant.

Key responsibilities and duties include -

Responsibility for the realisation of the quality policy and objectives, as agreed with Works and senior management
Dealing with quality orientated issues and problem solving in conjunction with production to ensure defects are kept to a minimum
To continuously improve quality performance through process capability and control systems
To ensure quality and environmental compliance both with the integrated management system and associated procedures as well as agreed objectives
To adapt the Quality System to the market position and to customer requirements

The ideal candidate will be Educated to Degree Standard, or equivalent, you will have extensive experience of controlling systems to the requirements of ISO9001:2008 and TS16949. The ideal candidate will have a qualification in Metallurgy and / or Material Science and/or experience of heat treatment. Experience of other industry standards, Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing would be a advantage.

The position is a permanent role working on days Monday to Friday.