Opportunity Profile & Position Specification
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Salary Bracket: £40,000 – £50,000 per annum (Depending on Experience)
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Location: Hybrid / Reading Office / Site-Based (Extensive UK Travel Required)
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Working Hours: 07:30 – 16:30, Monday to Friday
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Package: 24 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
Supply Chain & Product Quality
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Supplier Performance: Assist the Quality Manager with the daily tracking, monitoring, and verification of external supply chain product quality metrics.
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Non-Conformance Resolution: Coordinate the logging, investigation, and robust close-out of Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), ensuring long-term corrective and preventative actions are fully implemented.
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Root Cause Analysis: Lead and assist with Corrective Action Requests (CARs) using structured root cause methodologies to prevent issues from reoccurring.
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Technical Liaison: Facilitate the seamless communication of engineering technical files, drawings, and components specifications with production partners.
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On-Site Technical Support: Provide practical, hands-on rework support and technical validation on-site if minor delivery variances or installation snags emerge.
Auditing & Reporting
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Supplier Evaluations: Schedule, conduct, and deliver detailed formal reports for internal audits and external supplier site evaluations across the UK.
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KPI Management: Verify supply chain KPIs, ensuring all audit cycles are completed within one week of their due date and closed out on time and in full.
Candidate Requirements (Experience & Skills)
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Background: Proven quality experience within a high-precision manufacturing, structural engineering, or construction-integrated environment.
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Standards Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality frameworks. Additional exposure or awareness of BS EN 1090 (structural steelwork), ISO 14001, or ISO 45001 is highly advantageous.
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Technical Literacy: Completely confident reading, interpreting, and querying detailed engineering and technical drawings.
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Supply Chain Exposure: Previous experience working directly within or managing an external, supply-chain-led manufacturing business model is a distinct advantage.
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Travel Flexibility: Must hold a full UK Driving License and be fully comfortable with extensive UK travel for supplier visits and site inspections.
Qualifications Preferred
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Formal qualification in Engineering (Graduate level preferred, or equivalent vocational experience).
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Certified Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor in ISO 9001.
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Valid CSCS Card (SMSTS or SSSTS preferred for site access).
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Formal Health & Safety training or awareness (e.g., IOSH, NEBOSH, or Risk Assessment training) is advantageous.
Core Culture & Values
The successful candidate will naturally align with a business culture that completely eliminates a blame culture and instead focuses on collaboration and execution:
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Delivery: Doing exactly what we say we'll do.
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Initiative: Encouraging everyone to use their initiative to solve problems.
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Appreciation: Showing deep appreciation for both performance and personal commitment.
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Learn: Stopping to learn lessons and having the courage to implement positive change.
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Support: Standing by and supporting others at all times
Salary description
£40000.00 - £50000.00 per year