Quality Control Team Leader - Composites in Woking

At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. And we’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology, too.

Purpose of the Role

A senior role within our inspection department, helping drive performance & reliability on track throughout the season and playing a leading role in continuous improvement and production delivery.

Principal Accountabilities

• The measurement of all required features of final race car components, sub-components and tooling, prior to release to build.
• The validation of the structural integrity of all required car-components requiring non-destructive testing, as per design requirements.
• Drive forward department best practices and processes to be world class in all areas.
• Accountable for on time delivery of the department, ensuring production targets are delivered upon.
• Accountable for the quality output of the department, by development of personnel to ensure the highest standards of inspection and non-destructive testing can be achieved and maintained.
• Working with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure that equipment and processes are maintained and remain at the forefront of technology and efficiency.
• Allocating resources effectively across both manufacturing sites and race-team to support servicing and production demands.
• Accountable for the delivery of effective and regular feedback, 1-2-1’s and goal-setting to support the development of department personnel in line with the wider team objectives.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A fully indentured engineering background in precision engineering or similar industry.
• Experience using PCDIMIS, Dassault Systems, VX Elements, GOM Inspect and Polyworks would be advantageous.
• Experience and formal training in ultrasonic, eddy-current, magnetic particle and penetrant flaw detection.
• Vast knowledge of GD&T and best practices is required.
• Experience of working in a high-speed and high-pressured manufacturing environment, working to aggressive deadlines and targets.
• Experience of training, developing and mentoring others.
• Experience of continuous improvement, including root-cause analysis and implementation of effective corrective actions.
• Ability to communicate to all levels, including senior key stakeholders.
• Exemplary attention to detail is a must.
• Working knowledge of best-in-class NDT inspection processes and practices.

Personal Attributes

• Must be a natural leader and able to take people with you on change journeys.
• Must be focused and able to work in a methodical manner, even when working under pressure.
• Conscientious approach to workload, with flexibility in working hours and tasks undertaken.
• Driven, self-motivated and extremely pro-active, takes opportunity to use own initiative.
• Earns respect of team-members by their own actions and behaviour.
• Determined- results focussed, driven to achieve a successful outcome.

What can McLaren offer?

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace. McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Here at McLaren, we offer hybrid working with 3 days a week based in the MTC.

Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.