Overview
In this role you will lead quality across the organisation to embed a right-first-time mindset. You will guide the Quality team, drive upfront quality planning, and champion root-cause analysis to resolve issues. You’ll align quality initiatives with the corporate vision and collaborate cross-functionally to sustain compliance and continuous improvement. This opportunity offers impact at scale in a high-performance manufacturing/production environment within a prestigious sports team. You will shape quality culture and training, enabling better decisions and outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Track and manage quality incidents, investigations, and resolutions
- Oversee procedural use, audits, and compliance tracking
- Propose quality role placement and acquisition with Heads of Departments
- Develop company-wide quality awareness aligned to business needs
- Create quality training concepts tailored to the organisation
- Translate business targets into quality targets and own KPIs
- Monitor KPI progress and results of quality initiatives
- Derive strategic quality initiatives in line with corporate vision
- Coordinate the quality function with the broader business
- Train and develop Quality Engineers
- Provide quality training, coaching, and guidance to Senior Leadership, including monthly quality meetings
Key requirements
- Experience in a high-performance, fast-paced manufacturing/production environment (preferably low-volume, high-precision or R&D)
- Proven leadership of a multi-level team with direct reports
- Ability to work in a diverse and dynamic environment
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Solid knowledge of modern manufacturing methodologies and systems planning
- Proven ability to self-manage and deliver on time and within budget
- Strong interpersonal skills to build internal and external relationships
- Reliable, flexible, resilient, and agile mindset
- Degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, or related discipline is highly desirable
- Experience with ISO and 8D problem-solving is desirable
- excellent communication
- leadership
- interpersonal skills
- ISO
- 8D Problem Solving
- manufacturing methodologies
Quality Manager in Grove employer: Williams Racing
At Williams F1 Racing Team, we pride ourselves on being a leading employer in the high-octane world of motorsport, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our Grove-based factory is not just a workplace; it's a hub for passionate individuals who thrive on pushing the boundaries of engineering excellence. With a commitment to employee growth and a culture that values diversity and inclusion, we provide our team members with unique opportunities to develop their skills while contributing to our mission of returning to the front of the grid.
