Engineering

Quality Manager

Quality Manager

Wigan

£40,000-£45,000 DOE

Monday-Friday

8:00am-4:00pm

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Quality Manager for our Chemical Manufacturing client in Wigan. The successful candidate will join a well-established, large COMAH site working days.

Quality Manager Benefits

• Company Pension
• Healthcare - BUPA cover
• 33 Days Holidays

Quality Manager Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the Quality Assurance or similar industry
• Ability to complete root cause analysis and contribute to investigations
• Excellent understanding of QMS and ISO 9001:2015
• Hold a BTEC / HNC qualification a in relevant subject
• Experience of KPIs & Setting objectives
• A desire to work with team members to improve processes and product quality
• Flexible approach to working
• Good knowledge of documentation practice
• Able to use Microsoft Office
• Good understanding of sampling and product testing
• Ideally be familiar with management systems [14001 & 45001]
• Ideally will have previous experience in manufacture or chemical industry with an understanding of chemical processes.

The Quality Manager Responsibilities will include:

• To accurately complete all necessary documentation in a timely manner.
• Work to assigned procedures as defined in the Management Systems.
• The effective maintenance and monitoring of the Quality Management System.
• The resolution of appropriate non-conformities within the system.
• Ensure that timely and effective action is taken by the appropriate personnel to obtain and maintain compliance with the quality system.
• Regular management reviews of the Quality Management System.
• Support combined Internal audit Schedule in accordance with MS
• Organising, preparing data, etc. for regular non-conformance reviews – customer complaints & process non- conformance and monitoring of QMS objectives.
• Effective corrective/preventive actions for non-conformances.
• To comply with quality audit procedures and management review decisions.
• Assist and resolve any appropriate quality problems as they arise from customer or supplier complaints, production and QC testing.
• Ensure that the Company Quality Manual, system registration and revision procedures are maintained and liaise with certification representative as and when required.
• Set annual quality objectives for quality and monitor progress to achieve
• Maintain appropriate quality system records as detailed in the manual, e.g. review minutes, complaint meetings, trend analysis data, etc.
• Develop new quality systems and update existing system as required.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers on matters related to quality.
• Managers and supervisors will be held accountable for all aspects of performance and standards in respect of those activities which are within their control
• Manage, issue and track documents within the QMS
• Carry out internal audits, complete report, issue actions and follow up
• Contribute to the Quality Meetings & Reports on a quarterly and annual basis
• Minute and manage actions from quality meetings as required
• Immediately report any incident which management need to address using the appropriate reporting systems in place
• Respond to required corrective and preventive action in a timely manner
• Ensure that all duties/activities associated within quality department are carried out in compliance to Health, Safety, Environment and Quality management systems

Keywords:

Quality Manager / Quality Team Leader / Quality Team Supervisor / Quality Team Manager /  Quality Supervisor / Chemicals Quality Manager / Chemicals Quality Supervisor / Chemicals Quality Team Leader  

Please contact amy.mchugh@winsearch.uk for more information.

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