Role and responsibility:

Quality management

• Deliver, maintain and be responsible for the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Maintain accreditation to ISO9001 standards

Compliance

• Establish best practice business processes consistent with the QMS and ISO9001 standards
• Document all processes for training and audit purposes
• Coach departmental line managers on processes and risks applicable to their areas
• Use Continuous Improvement principles to increase efficiency of processes though a regular review process
• Regularly review data quality and integrity within processes to ensure accurate reporting
• Review and ensure accountability where relevant to ensure consistent adherence to quality and compliance, through a structured audit programme where appropriate
• Move the business towards 14001, 27001 and 45001

Specific duties

• Leading requirements capture, derivation and analysis for projects, including requirements development and traceability analysis
• Development of system designs reflecting appropriate processes, constraints etc. which are capable of implementation
• Co-ordination of engineering process implementation, including requirements reviews, product and component specification, design reviews, change control and product acceptance
• Co-ordinating documentation sets to ensure information is collated and consistent across departments
• Gathering technical documentation to keep vehicle certifaction up to date
• Building understanding and awareness of applicable standards and regulations to support requirements and certification management
• Ensuring engineering process is followed in line with best practice and our quality management system with particular focus on configuration management, design reviews, change control and non-conformance root cause analysis

Knowledge, Skills & Qualification:

Qualifications

• Preferably Degree-qualified in Engineering discipline, with 2+ years related experience.
• Quality Manager training
• Internal Auditor training

Essential Skills

• Design, development, implementation, test, integration, verification and validation, operation and support of engineering capabilities
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment with limited supervision
• Understanding of the lifecycle, through life costs, configuration control, safety and environmental aspects of product development
• A proven track record of delivering technical solutions within challenging timescales
• Ability to act as a mentor to the wider engineering team, advocating good adherence to quality processes
• Champion safe working practices within the design process and the workplace
• Knowledge of operating within an ISO 9001 quality system

Personal Qualities

• Personal Effectiveness: proactive, makes things happen, operates with resilience, flexibility and integrity, demonstrate great drive to achieve outstanding result
• Communication: shares and listens to information, opinions and ideas, using a range of effective approaches
• Passionate about the environment and believing in the electric revolution of the automotive industry
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required
• Willing to travel and attend meetings and suppliers in the UK.