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Compliance Manager

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Our client is a successful and well-established manufacturer. They are looking for a Compliance Manager to take responsibilty for Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality compliance on a permanent basis.

Your main responsibilities will include ensuring products and services are manufactured and delivered effectively, efficiently, on-time, to specification, and in a cost-effective manner. This role will include full responsibility for ISO9001 programme/quality control functions; Health & Safety, all weld metallurgy in the manufacture of the company’s products.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

  • You are NEBOSH and/or IOSH qualified.

  • You have experience of working to ISO9001.

  • You have experience of managing people/have had direct reports to manage.

  • You have experience of working with both Health & Safety and Quality Assurance within a manufacturing environment (preferably for a metal product manufacturing company, or industrial products).

    Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience.

    Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 5.00pm, Friday 8.00am – 1.00pm.

    Duties:

  • To assume head departmental responsibility for ISO9001, Health and Safety and Metallurgy functions on site.

  • Manage the business to ensure the ISO9001:2015 accreditation is maintained.

  • Manage all aspects of goods inwards, in process and final quality inspection within the business to support manufacturing output in line with the Financial budget,

  • To contribute with the completion of supplier/internal reject quality documentation and completion of associated Performance Improvement reports (PIR’s).

  • Manage all internal rework identification and issuing including methods to ensure it is completed in the most expedient and cost effective manner possible.

  • Manage Customer complaints by understanding the issues, addressing the corrective action and ensuring the customer is communicated to throughout the process.

  • Manage in house inspection resources to support the achievement of the company’s customer service deadlines and OTIF delivery targets.

  • Manage the annual calibration and recording of all measuring equipment for manufacturing and quality control.

  • To ensure that any accidents/near misses are investigated thoroughly and within the associated timeframe resulting in corrective actions being in place with the manufacturing team.

  • Review and update Risk assessments and Method statements to underpin the training matrices for all employees to ensure all employees have received adequate training to perform tasks and run machines with supporting signed RAMS documentation.

  • To develop and produce internal Welding procedure specification (WPS).

  • To ensure that all manufacturing is QC checked in line with current ISO Work Instructions.

  • Manage the metallurgical and laboratory functions to ensure plate manufacturing is controlled within the business from a quality and productivity perspective.

  • To adapt and to take on board any future requests or tasks as reasonably requested from time to time.

    This role would suit someone with experience in both Quality and Health & Safety at a manufacturer, roles such as; Health & Safety Quality Advisor / SHEQ Manager / SHEQ Supervisor / HSQE Manager / HSEQ Manager / QHSE Manager / Health Safety and Environmental Advisor / H&S Co-ordinator / HSE Officer / Health Safety and Environmental Advisor / Quality Assurance Manager / Quality Controller / QC Manager / QA Manager / QC Manager / QC Manager / HSE Manager / QESH Manager / Health & Safety Lead / etc

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