Quality Assurance Manager

Job title : Quality Assurance Manager
Contract type : Permanent
Location : Frimley
Sectors :
Salary : Up to £50000.00 per annum
Start date : ASAP
Job Reference : SYN3681_1709220478
Contact name : Mike Power
Contact email : mike@syntechrecruitment.co.uk

Quality Assurance Manager
Location: Frimley, Surrey
Salary : £50,000
Benefits: 25 days holiday, Pension scheme, Dental care, Excellent facilities.

Job Description


Syntech Recruitment are working with a well established company that are currently looking to add to their team at their offices
in Frimley. This is a great opportunity to work at an outstanding facility within the Quality department and to build and develop the team and your career.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Maintain and continuously improve the Integrated Management System, covering Quality, EHS and Regulatory Compliance, throughout.
  • Support Key Process owners in:
  • Evaluation of effectiveness of their processes by implementation of adequate audit framework and set-up of relevant Key Process Indicators,
  • Ensuring timely resolution to all System non conformances (issued internally, by third party bodies or customers)
  • Coaching them in identification of Root Cause and Corrective actions,
  • Support and improve an effective and efficient Product Non-Quality management process including:
  • Management of customers concerns
  • Management of Quality issues detected during manufacturing and testing of instruments
  • Management of Non-conformance of procured parts.
  • Working with the Supply Chain Team to support suppliers oversight including:
  • Supplier selection and maintenance of approvals,
  • Definition and execution of supplier audit and development activities where necessary to improve quality, OTD and save costs
  • Ensuring timely containment of Non-Quality occurrences and Root-Cause and Corrective action at the supplier
  • Supporting definition of relevant Supplier performance metrics linked with appropriate improvement plans.

About you

  • A working knowledge and understanding of ISO9001, not as a compliance must have but an enabler of performance
  • Excellent written and spoken English, good communication and presentation skills.
  • At least 5 years' experience in a similar Quality Assurance & CI role.
  • Be familiar in managing surveillance and compliance audits for company certification.
  • Be a qualified Lead Auditor (CQI Membership) and familiar in scheduling/undertaking internal and external system audits, capable of monitoring corrective and preventive actions identified during audits
  • Be able to provide support to process owners and where necessary facilitate gap analysis and support in implementation of corrective actions. Expert coach for RRCA techniques such as 8D
  • Working knowledge and experience of using LEAN tools
  • Experience in Quality assurance from design to manufacture
  • Experience of working within a global supply base
  • A working knowledge and understanding of ATEX, ASME-NQA1, SIL and NEC-500



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