Quality Control Manager
hace 14 días
Lincoln
Quality Control Manager – NMB Minebea UK (Lincoln) \n \n Are you an experienced Quality professional with strong leadership skills, ready to lead a full Quality Control function and drive world-class standards, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance in a precision engineering environment? \n \n Our exclusive client NMB Minebea UK, part of a global manufacturing group with operations across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, is renowned for precision engineering and the production of mission-critical components. \n \n This Quality Control Manager role is based in Lincoln. You will lead the Quality Control department (20+ engineers and inspectors), ensuring high standards of safety, quality, delivery, and continuous improvement while embedding a culture of world-class manufacturing and aerospace regulatory compliance across the site. \n \n As the Quality Control Manager, your responsibilities will include: \n\n • Demonstrating strong leadership to organise the Quality Control function, set clear expectations, and ensure every area understands its role in quality assurance, quality control, and compliance deliverables\n, • Performing training gap analysis across all quality functions and establishing clear strategies to upskill the team\n, • Maintaining a hands-on, visible presence on the shop floor and across the business\n, • Ensuring full company compliance with aerospace QMS procedures (ISO 9001, AS9100, NADCAP, etc.)\n, • Supporting inspectors in driving best-practice inspection methods\n, • Leading root-cause analysis investigations using proven problem-solving methodologies such as 8D and 5 Why\n, • Ensuring compliance with First Article Inspection Reports to AS9102\n, • Overseeing company-wide environmental compliance procedures to ISO 14001\n, • Driving reduction of non-conformances, timely resolution of manufacturing/production issues, and effective continuous improvement through regular reporting on NCRs, KPIs, customer issues, shop-floor deviations/concessions, and supplier performance\n\n \n As the Quality Control Manager you will bring: \n Essential \n\n • Apprenticeship, HNC/D (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline\n, • Strong leadership capability with a proven track record of improving team performance\n, • Background in quality assurance and quality control within a highly regulated environment\n, • Ability to lead a large quality function\n, • Demonstrable experience resolving manufacturing issues using 8D, 5 Why, and similar methodologies\n, • Hands-on approach to leadership with a willingness to be visible across all areas\n, • Very strong communication and presentation skills (verbal and written)\n, • Inspection and metrology experience\n, • Competent in all Microsoft packages with strong overall IT skills\n\n Desirable \n\n • Degree in an engineering discipline\n, • Aerospace manufacturing environment experience\n, • Experience with aerospace standards such as AS9100, AS9102, NADCAP, etc.\n, • Knowledge of aerospace regulatory compliance (CAA, EASA, FAA)\n, • Knowledge of machining processes and non-destructive testing (NDT) procedures\n\n \n Hours of work Day Shift Monday to Thursday 07:30–16:00 Friday 07:30–12:30 \n \n Benefits \n\n • 25 days holiday + bank holidays\n, • Company pension – 5% employer contribution\n, • Subsidised health care\n, • Personal accident plan\n, • Uniform\n, • Bike to Work scheme\n, • Subsidised canteen\n, • On-site parking\n, • Long service award\n, • Employee referral scheme\n, • Death in service scheme\n\n \n This Quality Control Manager position offers the opportunity to take the next step in your career, leading a substantial QC team in a stable, well-established manufacturing site that values technical excellence, process discipline, and people leadership. You will play a key role in embedding a culture of world-class manufacturing, reducing non-conformances, and ensuring the highest quality standards for precision aerospace components.