QC & Test Manager in Skelmersdale

Join to apply for the QC & Test Manager role at Vantis Software. CRP Subsea are recruiting for a QC & Test Manager who can manage the QC and Test teams to ensure products are inspected and tested meeting both internal and external requirements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that CRP Subsea products meet both internal and external customer requirements and are legally compliant.
• Management and development of the QC & Test Teams.
• Monitor performance trends by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• The successful and timely delivery of all FAT procedure work allocated to the department and ensure alignment with ITP requirements.
• Management of QC/Test equipment inventory and resource planning.
• Work to defined company processes and standards.
• Maintain customer focus and ensuring customer satisfaction through delivery of your work.
• Direct investigations of process variation, NCR and repeated violations to support root cause analysis and corrective actions using defined Practical Problem-Solving methodologies.
• Participate in developing the manufacturing units activities e.g. working practices, equipment specifications, improvements in productivity and quality.
• Establish quality requirements for suppliers and feed into the Technical Purchasing Specification documents.
• Define quality/test procedures and product acceptance criteria in conjunction with product design engineering teams.
• Co-ordinate NCR reporting in the business system including regular communication to relevant stakeholders of status with respect to quantities open and closure times.
• Provide documentation of FAT test results ensuring any failing results are captured and investigated using the NCR process.
• Carrying out any other reasonable duties that may be requested from time to time.

Qualifications

• Overall management of QC, Materials and Test teams to optimise their contribution to the business with particular emphasis on efficient individual and team working through adequate communication and training.
• Communicate and work effectively with relevant internal departments e.g. Production, Production Engineering in order to ensure that production is not unduly delayed.
• Providing direction and training to employees to accomplish company goals and objectives.
• Fulfilling all Global Operations duties identified in The Map and driving continuous improvement.
• Deliver excellent customer satisfaction by continuously meeting and exceeding expectations.
• Understand customer needs and develop interventions to fulfil requirements.
• Ensure excellent service delivery through operational excellence.
• Extensive knowledge of Statistical Process Control and Design of Experiments.
• Degree, or equivalent, level in a manufacturing, engineering or sciences discipline, preferred.
• Six Sigma/Lean training, Black Belt preferred.
• Proven track record within a fast pace, demanding manufacturing environment.
• Involvement in change initiatives and projects with a view to continual improvement – particularly raising the profile of quality improvement.
• Building and developing winning teams.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience.
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of basic salary.
• Private medical insurance scheme.
• 24 days annual leave + Bank Holidays.
• Comprehensive employee assistance programme including 24/7 GP, unlimited mental health.
• Life Assurance Scheme of 4x annual salary.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Quality Assurance

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting