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Area Quality Manager
December 2, 2022 | Comments Off on Area Quality Manager
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CEMC (Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction), Worksop, Nottinghamshire
The Laing O'Rourke Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction, is Europe's largest and most advanced pre-assembly manufacturing facility.
The Opportunity:
- The purpose of the Quality Leader is to formulate and drive the development and implementation of the Quality Management System
- Ensure the product is manufactured in full accordance with the project specifications and agreed acceptable standards.
- You will coordinate with manufacturing operations, engineering, project coordination, and individual projects, to control and improve the quality levels of goods and services.
What will the role look like?
- To ensure full product and process compliance for Explore Manufacturing, to take ownership of the internal Quality systems and act as a liaison to the LO'R Technical Systems Engineering & Assurance Leaders for all Quality matters.
- Actively manage ISO9001
- Declarations of Conformance, CE Marking, and CARES accreditations.
- Conduct audits within Explore Manufacturing and its key supply chain as required.
- Represent the company when factories are being audited by third-party representatives. The role will involve working closely alongside the factory management teams
- Managing, implementing, and auditing of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) function to manage the introduction of New Projects into the Manufacturing environment.
- Support Manufacturing Engineering with regard to the APQP launch on the shop floor and identify areas of improvement in conjunction with the Operations team.
- Utilises Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques to gain positive benefits in terms of process performance, cycle time, and waste reduction
- Promote the right first-time attitude focusing on proactive quality measures. Actively looks for ways to improve processes, reduce errors, increase efficiencies and create cost savings.
- Create a workflow system for corrective actions which integrates customer feedback and creates accountability to identify and resolve the root causes that result in quality or service issues.
- To ensure product and process compliance for Explore Manufacturing, to oversee the internal Quality Management Systems, and act as a liaison with the LO'R Technical Systems Engineering & Assurance Leaders for all Quality matters.
- Managing ISO9001, Declaration of Conformance, CE Marking, and CARES accreditations.
- Conducting internal and second-party audits within Explore Manufacturing and its supply chain as required.
- Manage, perform and report on product quality, manufacturing machinery compliance, and product testing.
- Create quality documents and manuals in accordance with industry and customer-specific standards.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
- Significant manufacturing experience in health & safety / environmental issues in a large, complex factory environment.
- Previous experience working in a precast concrete manufacturing environment is essential.
- Knowledge of concrete plants, batching concrete, and mix designs would be a distinct advantage for the role.
- Previous experience in an ISO 9000-certified environment is required - 5+ yrs experience is essential.
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
Diversity & Sustainability:
Laing O'Rourke value and care about difference and believe a diverse team drives innovation. We are a global multicultural business committed to the inclusion of all employees, enabling everyone to feel accepted, respected & valued for being themselves.
We have set out far-reaching global sustainability targets including a commitment to achieve equal numbers of men and women amongst our global staff by 2033.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.