Deputy Quality Manager

Are you a keen problem solver? Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you actively seek out improvement? If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you!

Independent Forgings and Alloys (IFA), one of the UKs leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers, are currently seeking a Deputy Quality Manager to join our team.

Joining our team, you will

• Be a focal point of day-to-day quality across the business, including making key business related quality decisions with the support of the Quality Manager.
• Provide support to the customer quality team to resolve issues related to certification of product, first article inspection and customer concession documentation.
• Day-to-day management of specific Prime Customer accounts from a Quality perspective.
• Manage, control & respond to customer complaints.
• Manage, control & communicate non-conformances that have escaped the QMS.
• Independently facilitate 3rd party and customer audits.
• Internal auditing of company departments on a rotational basis as part of the internal auditing team.
• When required perform supplier audits.

Drafting, issue and control of quality procedures, special instructions and forms whilst implementing supporting actions as required such as quality alerts etc< / ...