Quality Control Team Leader

IMI plc is a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to meet today's demands and prepare for tomorrow's challenges. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that benefit business and everyday life, creating a lasting impact for everyone. We design, build, and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications, focusing on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science, and Fluid Control and Transport.

Role Overview: The QC Team Leader is responsible for leading the QC Inspection Department. This involves close liaison with the Operations Department to ensure parts and products are routinely checked in a timely manner to support customer delivery requirements while maintaining specified quality standards. A key aspect of the role is supporting the implementation and maintenance of in-process quality control methodologies, including Process Capability studies, Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), and Statistical Process Control (SPC). The role also focuses on continuous improvement in the QC area, ensuring inspection processes are conducted in a Lean manner according to the company's quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Daily management of QC inspection.
• Raise resourcing concerns to the Lead Process Quality Engineer when relevant and make appropriate suggestions to resolve issues in line with internal processes.
• Provide proactive support to the Quality Control team by identifying opportunities for process optimisation, proposing actionable improvement initiatives, and driving their successful implementation to enhance overall product quality and operational efficiency.
• Co-ordinate the work of the team, setting targets, deadlines, and objectives for each team member, ensuring targets are met.
• Ensure all team members are competent to undertake designated roles, monitor performance, and identify training needs.
• Maintain adequate training to achieve a flexible workforce able to cover absenteeism and changing business needs.
• Undertake appraisals and performance reviews as required, highlighting training and development needs.
• Authorise holidays and other types of absence, ensuring adequate staffing levels are maintained.
• Take responsibility for the comprehensive induction of all new personnel before they commence work, completing probationary reviews in accordance with Company policy.
• Manage staff absence, ensuring Return to Work interviews are conducted within 24 hours of staff return.
• Handle employee relations issues in accordance with Company policy.
• Act as QC representative at daily business planning meetings and ensure close liaison with the planning department.
• Maintain QC staff NDE qualifications in accordance with QA requirements SNT-TC-1A Level 2.
• Maintain NDE staff qualifications in accordance with QA requirements PCN Level 2 General.
• COSHH and Risk Assessment management.
• Learn inspection measurement techniques as required and provide support if necessary.
• Perform other duties commensurate with the nature and level of the post as may be reasonably required.

Critical Competencies for Success:

• Significant demonstrable experience in a Team Leading role within a manufacturing organisation.
• Knowledge of MSA, Process Capability, and SPC.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the business.
• Manage own time and deliverables effectively.
• High attention to detail.
• Comfortable working alone and as an effective member of a multifunctional team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think outside the box.
• Proactive nature.

Desirable Competencies:

• Knowledge and experience of ISO 9001:2015.
• Experience in working with problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, DMAIC, Ishikawa, 5 Whys, etc.
• ISO9001 Internal Auditor qualification and basic experience.
• Mechanical Engineering background including measuring techniques.
• Good general understanding of Health and Safety.

Diversity is very important to us, and we want to receive applications from people from all backgrounds.