Quality Manager

Job Summary

Reference number: 51813 Job title: Quality Manager Location: Halewood Duration: Permanent Start date: ASAP

Working hours: Monday to Thursday 7:00-15:30 and Friday 7:00-12:30

Responsibilities

• Act as a role model for Ford+ behaviours and requirements.
• Manage skilled and semi-skilled areas of the Quality Department, including the Quality Evaluation Garage, Metrology, Metallurgy and Contamination Laboratories.
• Lead the Quality Engineering Team, ensuring effective delivery against quality objectives.
• Champion structured problem‑solving methodologies across the plant, including 8D, Six Sigma and 5 Why, embedding a data‑driven root‑cause culture.
• Act as Management Representative for the QMS and Internal Audit processes, ensuring compliance with ISO9001 and other applicable standards.
• Drive integration of the plant within central quality processes and systems.
• Act as Lean Manufacturing lead for Quality, championing continuous improvement tools such as Kaizens, 5S, and PSTs.
• Lead labour and skills planning and coordination across the Quality Department to ensure versatility and coverage.
• Control departmental headcount and operating costs, delivering Yo Y efficiencies in line with business targets.
• Empower teams to accept responsibility for their roles in the delivery of tasks.
• Promote safety and a Zero Accident culture, maintaining a controlled environment focused on eliminating risks.
• Develop the team to adopt a DEI ethos.
• Manage departmental resources – including tooling, labour and stores – within budget and according to target specifications.
• Manage all training requirements to enhance team versatility and ensure effective coverage of absences.
• Ensure effective communication to all levels, including Trade Union.
• Plan skills and bench strength at all levels through people development plans.
• Lead the team to be best in class in Quality areas of the Lean Maturity Model.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Degree level qualification (exceptionally considered for relevant experience).
• Experience in an automotive environment in a quality or engineering management capacity.

Desirable

• Six Sigma Black Belt qualified or equivalent experience with structured problem‑solving methodologies.
• Appreciation of working with a variety of measurement equipment, understanding of metrology principles, quality tools, measurement system analysis (Gauge R&R) and calibration principles.

Benefits

• Free on‑site gym facility, sauna & steam room (outside working hours).
• Employee assistance programmes – weekly free appointments such as massages, yoga, physiotherapy, occupational health, etc. (outside working hours).
• On‑site physiotherapy and occupational health department.
• Competitive pension scheme (company pays 1.5x employee contributions up to 12%).
• £750 annual attendance bonus (subject to company T&C).
• Access to Ford’s Privilege scheme (discount on vehicles).
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days (inclusive of set shutdown dates).
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Equal Opportunities

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.

This vacancy is advertised in line with the Ford equal opportunities policy.

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