Head Of Quality & Compliance
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- England,South East,Kent,Ashford
- Full Time, Permanent
- £50,000 - £60,000 per annum
Job Description:
Full job descriptionJob Title: Head of Quality & Compliance
Location: Ashford, Kent
Employment: Full-time, permanent
Salary: £50,000 - £50,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Reports to: Managing Director
We are exclusively supporting our client, a very well respected business that is looking to appoint a Head of Quality & Compliance. This is a senior leadership position with real influence across Quality, Compliance, Health & Safety and Environmental management, operating within a complex ferrous and non ferrous foundry, casting and CNC machining environment.
A major focus of the role will be strengthening the existing ISO 9001 Quality Management System and leading an IATF 16949 onboarding and certification readiness programme.
Key responsibilities (working closely with the Managing Director and operations leadership):
*Own and continually improve the Quality Management System, ensuring ongoing ISO 9001 conformity.
*Lead the IATF 16949 implementation plan and drive progress towards certification readiness.
*Establish and maintain effective quality controls across the business.
*Embed and coach teams in APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA and 8D.
*Reduce customer complaints, PPM, scrap, rework and Cost of Poor Quality through preventative controls and robust corrective action.
*Manage complex customer quality issues, investigations, escalations and containment/corrective actions.
*Plan and deliver internal, customer and certification audit schedules, ensuring strong audit outcomes.
*Improve supplier quality performance and strengthen supplier corrective action disciplines.
*Create and report meaningful quality and compliance KPIs (trend, risk and action focused).
*Provide senior oversight of Health & Safety and ISO 14001 environmental management via the QHSE Manager.
*Help build a culture where quality is owned by every department-not just the Quality function.
About you:
*Proven quality leadership experience in an engineering environment.
*Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 and Quality Management Systems.
*Experience supporting certification, customer and internal audits.
*Solid understanding of manufacturing process control and quality assurance.
*Hands on structured problem-solving (root cause analysis, 8D).
*Confident managing customer complaints, PPM reporting and senior stakeholder communication.
*Strong leadership style with the ability to influence cross-functionally.
Desirable experience/qualifications:
IATF 16949, automotive quality requirements, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC, MSA, foundry/casting, CNC machining, ISO 14001, Lean Manufacturing, Lead Auditor/Internal Auditor and/or NEBOSH.
Why join?
This is a rare opportunity to shape the quality and compliance strategy within an established manufacturing operation, with senior level backing and the remit to deliver a high impact IATF 16949 programme.
Benefits:
*Medicash Cash Plan
*Benenden Healthcare
*Company Events
*Company Bonus
Location: Ashford, Kent
Employment: Full-time, permanent
Salary: £50,000 - £50,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Reports to: Managing Director
We are exclusively supporting our client, a very well respected business that is looking to appoint a Head of Quality & Compliance. This is a senior leadership position with real influence across Quality, Compliance, Health & Safety and Environmental management, operating within a complex ferrous and non ferrous foundry, casting and CNC machining environment.
A major focus of the role will be strengthening the existing ISO 9001 Quality Management System and leading an IATF 16949 onboarding and certification readiness programme.
Key responsibilities (working closely with the Managing Director and operations leadership):
*Own and continually improve the Quality Management System, ensuring ongoing ISO 9001 conformity.
*Lead the IATF 16949 implementation plan and drive progress towards certification readiness.
*Establish and maintain effective quality controls across the business.
*Embed and coach teams in APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA and 8D.
*Reduce customer complaints, PPM, scrap, rework and Cost of Poor Quality through preventative controls and robust corrective action.
*Manage complex customer quality issues, investigations, escalations and containment/corrective actions.
*Plan and deliver internal, customer and certification audit schedules, ensuring strong audit outcomes.
*Improve supplier quality performance and strengthen supplier corrective action disciplines.
*Create and report meaningful quality and compliance KPIs (trend, risk and action focused).
*Provide senior oversight of Health & Safety and ISO 14001 environmental management via the QHSE Manager.
*Help build a culture where quality is owned by every department-not just the Quality function.
About you:
*Proven quality leadership experience in an engineering environment.
*Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 and Quality Management Systems.
*Experience supporting certification, customer and internal audits.
*Solid understanding of manufacturing process control and quality assurance.
*Hands on structured problem-solving (root cause analysis, 8D).
*Confident managing customer complaints, PPM reporting and senior stakeholder communication.
*Strong leadership style with the ability to influence cross-functionally.
Desirable experience/qualifications:
IATF 16949, automotive quality requirements, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC, MSA, foundry/casting, CNC machining, ISO 14001, Lean Manufacturing, Lead Auditor/Internal Auditor and/or NEBOSH.
Why join?
This is a rare opportunity to shape the quality and compliance strategy within an established manufacturing operation, with senior level backing and the remit to deliver a high impact IATF 16949 programme.
Benefits:
*Medicash Cash Plan
*Benenden Healthcare
*Company Events
*Company Bonus
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