Quality Assurance Leader

Overview

As Quality Assurance Leader at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin) in Chippenham, you will lead QA activities, coordinate inspectors, and drive continuous improvement. You will shape quality plans for new products, manage risk analyses, and conduct audits to ensure compliance across manufacturing. You will partner with cross-functional teams to reduce nonconformities and customer claims, advancing sustainable living environments. This purpose-led role offers meaningful impact within a global, innovative company.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive compensation and benefit package

Responsibilities

• Coordinate quality inspectors’ activities and contribute to manufacturing routines
• Monitor and improve KPIs; drive quality training and inspector competence development
• Provide QA inputs for new product introductions; create quality & control plans and monitor inspections (including PFMEA)
• Analyze change risks and drive improvements for products/processes
• Conduct internal and external audits of products/processes
• Monitor quality system maturity and implement improvements in manufacturing
• Oversee quality control activities in plant (quality plans, material/product checks, capability management)
• Lead root cause analysis of internal nonconformities and customer claims and drive corrective actions

Key requirements

• 3-5 years in a relevant role
• Profound knowledge of quality standards and quality checks
• Profound knowledge of our products and their acceptance criteria
• Good knowledge of quality assurance and control methodologies
• Minimum 2 years postgraduate experience or 2 years in a related manufacturing role (e.g., Quality inspector, CI)
• Hands-on problem-solving experience
• Education: GCSE or Equivalent

• Hands-on problem-solving
• Quality mindset
• Collaborative teamwork
• PFMEA
• Quality plans and control plans
• Quality control and inspections

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