Quality Assurance Engineer Supervisor Grade - Supreme : Job Details

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions.

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain.

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Quality Assurance Engineer (Supervisor Grade) to come and join our team at our Sittingbourne site in Sittingbourne, to ensure our manufactured precast concrete products meet market-place and legal conformity standards.

Role Summary

This job description is not prescriptive and is an outline of the main duties and responsibilities only. The postholder may be expected to undertake other duties as appropriate to the post as may be assigned by his/her supervisor.

Product Conformity

• Ensuring product quality testing and record keeping for raw materials and finished goods as per Factory Production Control requirements to ensure lintel manufacture in accordance with EN 845-2
• Ensuring product quality testing and record keeping for raw materials and finished goods as per Factory Production Control requirements to ensure floor-beam manufacture in accordance with EN 15037-1
• Maintaining the Factory Production Control requirements for Recycled aggregate in accordance with the WRAP protocol
• Manufacture of samples (cube’s) and process samples (using cube crushing testing machine & rebound hammer) for 7/28 day conformity testing requirements
• Be the site lead in providing competence training to operatives for cube manufacture and crushing to meet the above requirements.
• Monitoring all strength data for conformity compliance in accordance with EN 206
• Site lead for ISO 9001, floor beam FPC and Kitemark audit compliance and CAPA / RCA evidence.
• Random finished product quality checks – finish, wire position, dimensions to ensure factory operatives are complying with Technical department requirements
• Responsible for inputting of all test data onto the quality drive
• Follow – without exception – the Escalation Process in the event of an identified non-conformity and ensure successful resolution within necessary timescales.

Process Improvement

• To continually work with Site Production Manager and Production Supervisors to reduce waste using pareto analysis and timely PDCA processes.
• Be trained to perform Mixer/Batching and Caster Operations to support diagnosis of issues; process improvement etc. – local and OEM training.
• To coordinate, control and direct contractors working on site to carry out their required work in a safe and effective manner on the site batching plant and/or associated plant.
• Lead site product/raw material trials, as determined locally or by the wider business, without operational detriment to the operation.
• Optimise recycled material use in our site batching process to reduce virgin material consumption.
• Liaising with Procurement and aggregate companies for technical data, non-conformities, contingency supply, and materials complaints management.

Other

• Carry out any other reasonable request made by management.
• Support Supervisors with informal and formal follow-up, coaching and performance management.

Desired Skills/Competencies/Qualifications

• • • Concrete Technology Diploma
    • 9001 Audit
    • Lead Auditor Qualifications

Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future.

More details:

• Full time, permanent role
• Competitive salary
• Bonus scheme
• Digicare+ Provided by Aviva
• 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General
• 3x life insurance
• Share Save scheme eligibility
• Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members
• Access to high street retail discounts platform – with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda, etc…
• Personal development and career progression opportunities

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion?

Excited about the role, but your past experience or qualifications don’t perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock Plc we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or other future roles across the Ibstock Group.

Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.