Total 32 quality assurance control job vacancies in Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3RD

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager, Control Execution

SALARY: £42,120 - £46,800

LOCATION(S): Chester, Leeds or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, minimum 2 days per week at Cawley House, Portland Street or Wellington Place.

About this opportunity

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. We're putting in place a fresh operating model for non-financial risk management across Lloyds Banking Group, empowering our people to take end-to-end accountability for managing the risks they face.

This assistant manager role is within our Library Control Execution Team which is a core part of the Consumer Lending Chief Controls Office. We use our operational knowledge of the Group structure and Consumer Lending business unit to lead the application of the risk taxonomy and improvements in the control environment. You'll be designing, implementing, assessing and improving controls across the whole taxonomy for all of the Lending business.

Supervising and supporting a range of control management processes and activities in alignment with the Group's Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF). Managing the timely and accurate production of high-quality documentation, reporting and analysis to support development of the control environment:

• Working with risk and control owner teams to help deliver against aligned customer, business and strategic outcomes.
• Producing timely and accurate documents and reports by collecting risk and control data from a variety of sources and input data into standardised formats.
• Assisting the development of the first line control management centre of excellence that supports safe growth and enables high quality customer service.
• Delivering prescribed outcomes by working with established control design, mapping, monitoring and testing approaches. Reporting findings to senior colleagues.
• Assisting in the management of actions on operational risk events and breaches following Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA). Identifying issues and then suggesting and implementing improvements to the control environment with guidance from senior colleagues.

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you'll need

We're looking for someone who can apply Operational knowledge of our Consumer Lending business unit sufficiently to be able to support a range of processes relating to implementation of the Risk Taxonomy, RCSA management and control execution. Ideally with experience in a related field (eg audit or risk & control management) or, alternatively, having gained capability through experience in a similar function along with:

• Control management - experience of data-led control management and its practical implementation. Good organisational skills to support the preparation of documentation that includes summarising data and information to produce and maintain standardised risk and control process maps. Ability to provide support to the ongoing development of control tooling solutions to enable optimisation and automation of the control environment.
• Data & Analytics- ability to understand and assimilate different sources of data and complex information to support with effective problem solving that leads to relevant conclusions and recommendations. Experience of bringing to bear strong analytical skills to support the assessment of the control environment effectiveness using a wide range of information and sources to identify potential impacts on the business.
• Reporting- ability to provide support with control testing activity to enable the production of concise reporting outputs on the efficiency and performance of controls and compliance.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

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JOB TITLE: Lead Quality Engineer

SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780

LOCATION(S): Chester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

We're recruiting for a Lead Quality Engineer to work closely with the Engineering Lead within the Embedded Finance Team.

This is a key role offering a unique and challenging opportunity to shape the growing Embedded Finance Tech Team and Quality Engineering framework.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're inspired by a clear purpose: to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are passionate about making a difference to customers, businesses, and communities.

The Embedded Finance team is a fast-paced start-up group within Consumer Lending and is tasked with building out propositions that solve customers' financial needs, when and where they are. We have just launched our first product, Black Horse Flex Pay, and we're developing innovative products aiming to offer customers and merchants modern ways for online purchasing, with the ethos of Lloyds Banking Group responsible lending.

As the Lead Quality Engineer, you'll be in charge of leading all aspects of the quality roadmap, including creating testing strategies and coordinating the automation process using standard software testing practices.

Plus, you'll work closely with developers, business partners and product managers to build the testing framework and test suites to support our continuous deployment pipeline ensuring robust and efficient releases.

Aside of hands-on contribution, you'll hire and grow a team of Quality Engineers, developing people by coaching and technical leadership.

You'll provide Quality Engineering oversight and technical expertise throughout the entire software lifecycle, in a complex scenario integrated with third-party systems.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you'll need:

• Strong Quality Engineering background, including automated testing frameworks and testing best practices

• Automation-first approach, with a passion for driving productivity and a focus on reducing risk

• Experience with cloud environment (e.g. GCP) and testing infrastructure

• Proven leadership skills in guiding Quality Engineering teams or complex programmes using Agile methodologies

• Proficiency in coding languages such as Java, Python, or similar

• Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Familiarity with Embedded Finance or financial services applications

• Experience with Jira Align and Confluence

• Familiarity with SQL and Snowflake

• Experience on non-functional testing on live systems at scale

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!

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JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Control Design & Optimisation - Unsecured Consumer Lending

SALARY: From £80,206

LOCATION(S): Chester, Cardiff, Leeds or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking senior manager to join the Consumer Lending Chief Controls Office. In this role, you will:

• Lead key initiatives to improve our non-financial control environment.
• Embed control by design and advance control automation within Consumer Lending.
• Support Consumer Lending in identifying opportunities to simplify, optimise, and automate controls using innovative technology.
• Support Consumer Lending in achieving strategic goals and delivering faster, more efficient services for our customers.

We are committed to building a high-performing team where each colleague is valued, supported, and empowered to become an expert in their field. Our goal is to ensure every team member understands their role within the broader Group strategy, contributing to the safe and effective management of non-financial risk in Consumer Lending.

About us

As the Group embarks on one of the UK's most significant financial services transformations, our internal risk transformation focused on instilling a robust risk and control culture has never been more crucial. We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll need

• Leadership: Ability to inspire and lead a team towards achieving strategic goals.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex ideas clearly.
• Strategic Thinking: Capability to think ahead and plan for future control needs and improvements.
• Problem-Solving: Aptitude for identifying issues and developing effective solutions.
• Collaboration: Working effectively with other areas and stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Being flexible and open to change, especially in a challenging environment.

It would also be great if you have:

• Risk and Control Management: Robust understanding of the Risk and Control Management Framework with practical control management knowledge and experience.
• End to End Risk and Control mapping - Delivering prescribed outcomes by working with established control design, mapping, monitoring and testing approaches.
• Control by Design (CbD) - An understanding of the Control by Design Methodology.
• Platform Change Framework (PCF) - Knowledge of PCF and how change is delivered within the Group.
• RCSA - Experience using the RCSA system and working with risk and control owner teams.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organization that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager, Control Design & Optimisation

SALARY: From £42,120

LOCATION(S): Chester, Cardiff, Leeds or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

This is an opportunity to join the Consumer Lending Chief Controls Office within the Consumer Lending Chief Operating Office, delivering a broad range of activities that focus on how Consumer Lending manages its non-financial control environment.

We are building a team where our colleagues are valued and supported to become experts in what they do and grow their careers. We want colleagues to feel connected to our Group strategy and how their role fits into it, supporting Consumer Lending deliver its objectives for non-financial risk, safely.

This assistant manager role is within our Control Design & Optimisation team which is a core part of the Consumer Lending Chief Controls Office. The Control office team are focussed on simplifying, optimising, and automating controls, leveraging new technology, supporting Consumer Lending to achieve its goals and unlocking the potential to go faster for our customers.

About us

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll need

We're looking for someone who can support a range of activities relating to end to end process mapping and documentation, identifying gaps and understanding where automation is possible. Ideally with experience in a related field (e.g. audit or risk & control management) or, alternatively, having gained capability through experience in a similar function along with:

• An analytical and inquisitive mentality with a background in problem solving
• End to End Risk and Control mapping - Delivering prescribed outcomes by working with established control design, mapping, monitoring and testing approaches. Along with mapping existing controls to applicable risks, identifying any controls which are key. As well as identifying issues or gaps within the business processes and then suggesting and implementing improvements to the control environment with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Control by Design (CbD) - Understanding of the CbD approach and key deliverables of each stage and facilitating the mapping and identification of opportunities to embed automated controls at the design stage.
• RCSA - Experience using the RCSA system and working with risk and control owner teams to help deliver against aligned customer, business and strategic outcomes. Working with risk and control owner teams to investigate questions related to the existing control environment.
• Values & Behaviours - Innovate to go faster by taking responsibility for challenging existing processes; being an early adopter of change and viewing advancements in technology as opportunities to help us deliver for our customers; inspire others by building rapport and gaining commitment through strong personal identity; embrace diverse viewpoints, demonstrated in the way you do business and collaborate with others. Demonstrate a growth learning mindset and open to new experiences to intentionally grow your individual and team skill set.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

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Quality Manager / Quality Assurance Lead with previous experience as a Quality professional, ideally from a plastics manufacturing environment, in depth understanding of quality control procedures and relevant legal standards, who has excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills is required for a well-established manufacturing company based in Golborne, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England.


SALARY: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum (DOE) + Comprehensive Benefits + Annual Bonus

LOCATION: Golborne, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England (WA3)

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: Monday – Friday, 7am – 4pm


JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Quality Manager / Quality Assurance Lead with previous experience as a Quality professional, ideally from a plastics manufacturing environment, in depth understanding of quality control procedures and relevant legal standards, who has excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills.

Working as the Quality Manager / Quality Assurance Lead you will ensure the organisation’s final products meet compliance to legal standards and meet customer expectations to the agreed Quality standards.

As the Quality Manager / Quality Assurance Lead you must fully understand the requirements for the product, service and have a sense of responsibility towards potential and existing customers.


DUTIES

Your duties as the Quality Manager / Quality Assurance Lead include:

• Understand customer needs and requirements to develop effective quality control processes

• Devise and review specifications for products or processes

• Work closely with the respective department head to ensure continuous improvement through RCA and 5 Why analysis

• Work in collaboration with site OPEX team to drive a culture of continuous improvement and corrective actions

• Ensure adherence to health and safety guidelines as well as legal obligations for the products made and the site health and safety policy

• Supervise coordinators, inspectors, works closely with technicians, and other staff and provide guidance and feedback for Quality improvement

• Oversee all trial product development procedures to identify deviations from quality standards

• Inspect final output and compare properties to requirements

• Approve the right products or reject defective products ensures a robust isolation process is managed with department heads

• Keep accurate documentation and perform statistical analysis of products with scope

• Solicit feedback from customers to assess whether their requirements are met

• Submit detailed reports to appropriate managers and plant management

• Ensures effective feedback to all customers on any complaints in a timely and effective manner ensures all corrective actions are completed in agreed timeframe

• Continually supports opportunities for improvement and develop new efficient procedures to ensure Quality compliance

• Ensures all team members are trained to carry out their job role, works closely with all department heads to ensure all team members are trained in quality compliance for their respective department

• Works with and forms healthy relationships with regional Quality to ensure corporate initiatives are adhered to and implemented


CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Extensive proven experience as a quality manager ideally from a plastics manufacturing background

• Conscientious and responsible with a culture of continuous Quality improvement

• A keen eye for detail and a result driven approach

• Outstanding communication skills

• Excellent organisational and strong leadership skills with the ability to develop teams across a multi-functional manufacturing process

• Proficient in MS Office

• In depth understanding of quality control procedures and relevant legal standards

• Excellent maths abilities and working knowledge of data analysis/statistical methods and the ability to identify trends and react accordingly

• Degree Qualified or equivalent in a relevant Quality discipline is essential

• Knowledge of FSSC 22000 or BRC certification desirable

• A great quality manager is thorough and observant with an eye for detail!


BENEFITS

• Free uniform and PPE

• Free parking on site

• Life assurance from day one

• Company Pension scheme

• Sick pay scheme

• Maternity and paternity pay scheme

• Christmas vouchers for you and your children

Perk box offering a wealth of benefits such as: -

• Money off purchases such as food, drink, cinema, tickets, clothing, and homeware and so much more

• A number of freebies across the perk box site, such as free coffees

• Online access to free exercise and yoga classes with 24/7 access to qualified therapists


HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

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Job Title: Senior EC&I Designer
Location: Either Warrington or Preston + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59217

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior EC&I Designer, at either of our Warrington or Preston sites.

The role

As a Senior EC&I Designer you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. The Senior Designer provides support and technical guidance for a team of designers. The role will assure the quality of output to the required standards consistent with whole lifecycle from concept to in service support.

Day-to-day, you'll provide specialist technical advice and guidance to other designers, providing design governance for technical standards for a team. You'll work with a high degree of technical autonomy and promote effective co-operation across Design and other functional teams.

• Allocate discipline tasks to allocated team of Designers, check team drawing outputs, and ensure inter discipline coordination in accordance with company and regulatory standards
• Assist in effective management of the customer, including liaison and relationship development with existing and new customers, to aid the development of business, resolution of technical and delivery issues, and such that the customer is fully briefed and informed of progress
• Contribute to the preparation/production of drawings in support of basic, detail and production design in line with recognised ISO standards and to the required; time, cost and quality requirements.
• Assist in the resolution of Production & Technical Queries & development of discipline solutions for the team in relation to manufacturing & installation issues
• Develop innovative design solutions, and fulfil Design Lead responsibilities as assigned for multi discipline low risk projects
• Maintain awareness of developments within the industry, particularly for techniques & tools, physical integration, bill of material controls & management of design maturity

This role is full time OR part time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements

Essential experience of the Senior EC&I Designer

• Experience in a detailed design environment
• Good knowledge of CAD tools
• Knowledge of General Engineering Drawing Practice

Qualifications for the Senior EC&I Designer

• HNC/HND minimum in a relevant discipline OR equivalent academic qualification

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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Provide Quality Improvement expertise and advice within the organisation and externally with our stakeholders across the north west coast footprint. Has responsibility for the improvement science elements of a number of projects/programmes within the Patient Safety and Care Improvement Team, for the full programme lifecycle from initiation to closure. Ensure that all programmes incorporate Quality Improvement science, grounded in the Model for Improvement from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. Ensure that all programmes are supported by a robust local governance structure and provide regular papers / updates to the Thematic Oversight Groups (TOGs) Analyse and evaluate the many diverse and conflicting issues associated with the completion of programmes from a Quality Improvement perspective. To support decisions on how resources are to be used on programmes and to be responsible for informing the progress of programmes. Provide a high level of content knowledge about all aspects of the Patient Safety Strategy and is able to act as an approachable source of knowledge to all staff. Ensure that appropriate sustainability plans, documentation and procedures are in place when transitioning quality improvement work to business as usual. Able to build effective working links with external partners e.g. please based partners and external colleagues. Work to ensure that programmes and projects meet the strategic plans of the organisation. Takes responsibility for the delivery of outcomes described in the business plan/support offer and able to delegate and support the work of the wider team. To continuously seek out emerging knowledge in the field of improvement science and ability to horizon scan recognised sources to remain current and to access information that could enhance our QI approach. Provide effective communications to update stakeholders on programme/project progress. To deputise for the Improvement Lead and others in the senior team where appropriate and necessary. Help to develop Quality Improvement measurement across Health Innovation North West Coast and reading and analysis of local assurance reports to ensure that data is displayed using QI methodology where possible. To be an active member of team recruitment when required The post holder will work to achieve agreed directorate objectives and is given freedom to do this in their own way working within broad professional policies. Has the content knowledge and ability to teach all quality improvement concepts, tools and techniques to a host of varied audiences. Utilise available Quality Improvement tools to ensure that deliverables from a project can be measured e.g. statistical process control chart data, surveys and audits to ensure future state changes are realized and sustained. The post holder will regularly liaise with senior managers, service leads, clinicians and departments as well as external NHS organisations, suppliers, local government and other key stakeholders. Looks for opportunities to develop all areas of work in line with a culture of continuous improvement. Understand and exploit opportunities to push the quality agenda of the organisation at all opportunities including being able to influence the care organisation committees and lead conversations from a QI perspective. Proactive identification and development of thought leaders who will be able to assist with the advancing of the quality agenda at the Trust Communicate complex information and develop relationships with all levels of clinical and non-clinical staff and also external organisations Manage complex, sensitive and contentious information appropriately Articulate to and coach others in the use of various improvement methods Lead on the preparation of papers on key strategic QI projects and support the patient safety team to present to relevant stakeholders Providing teaching of highly complex improvement methodology including topics including, but not limited to, reliability science, theory of constraints, capacity and demand matching, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA). Requires use of skills developed to a high level through specific improvement science training or equivalent relevant experience. Presenting to large groups of staff (can be 100+), both internally and externally. Able to present trust quality and safety strategy as well as articulate wider work going on in the trust outside of QI. Working with wider leadership team members and Senior Managers on the design and implementation of improvement programmes. Able to facilitate multidisciplinary groups, from small to large size. Identify the appropriate method for displaying a wide variety of data in a variety of formats, including statistical process control charts Continually question data and provide coaching on data to the QI team where required. Judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options. Plan and prioritise own work and the work of the team to ensure effective support to all areas and delivery of key objectives Marketing QI programmes internally and externally

The Recruitment Co are recruiting for a Quality Technician to join their client on a fixed term 6 month contract in Runcorn,

Our client is a manufacturing and distribution business.
This is a varied position, responsible for quality testing raw materials with additional Quality administration requirements.

Working hours:

The position is full time, Monday to Friday, offering a flexible start and finish time in line with site operating hours (39 hours per week total).

Pay rate

£11.83 per hour

Key responsibilities

• Practical experience within a food/pharma or chemical manufacturing Laboratory environment
• Knowledge of QC testing equipment and methods, (preferably including GC and GC-MS)
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office (Particularly Excel)
• Ability to prioritise own workload in accordance with business needs.
• Strong problem solving/mathematical skills
• High level of accuracy/attention to detail.
• Ability to act on own initiative, working alone or in a team environment
• Confidence and ability to make decisions
• Ability to work well and keep a clear focus under pressure

**To be successful, you will be able to demonstrate experience in a similar position and be a methodical worker with impeccable IT skills

We are interviewing immediately for this position!

To apply please submit your CV online

The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer
CPWarrington

The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we're committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Salary: Competitive + car allowance + Veolia benefits

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: Bridges Road

Ellesmere Port

Cheshire

CH65 4EQ





When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone.



As an Electrical & Process Control Engineer you'll be pushing for innovative solutions to create a more sustainable future for all. We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.



What we can offer you;

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
  
• Access to our company pension scheme
  
• Free physiotherapy service
  
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
  
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
  
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
  

What you'll be doing;

• Act as system custodian for process control systems, troubleshooting issues and implementing solutions
  
• Serve as a site Electrically Authorised Person (AP)
  
• Provide hands-on support to the EC&I team as needed
  
• Prepare risk assessments, method statements, permits-to-work, and monitor work at the workforce
  
• Prioritise, plan, and implement EC&I work including planned maintenance, breakdowns, and projects
  
• Provide out-of-hours support for breakdowns and explain control system issues
  
• Deputize for the Lead EC&I Engineer and Assistant Maintenance Manager
  
• Promote and administer the site's CMMS, ensuring compliance with relevant standards
  
• Lead investigations into safety incidents, equipment breakdowns, and provide technical input on maintenance plans
  

What we're looking for;

• Experience in an Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation role
  
• HND/HNC or degree in a relevant discipline
  
• COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) awareness
  
• Project management skills
  
• Knowledge of electrical ATEX requirements as per DSEAR
  
• Familiarity with using a CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
  
• Adept at authoring concise risk assessments, method statements (RAMS)
  
• Experience with permit-to-work (PtW) systems
  
• Troubleshooting/system custodian experience with Siemens S7 and Allen Bradley PLCs (desirable)
  
• Supervisory experience (desirable)
  
• NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) certificate (desirable)
  
• Knowledge of continuous improvement tools like Lean Six Sigma (desirable)
  
• Participation in hazard studies (desirable)
  
• IEC 61508 (Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems) awareness (desirable)
  
• High voltage experience (desirable)
  
• Low voltage single line drawing modification and updating skills (desirable)
  
• CompEx (Competency in Explosive Atmospheres) Ex01-Ex04, Ex12 certification (desirable)
  
• AutoCAD experience (desirable)
  

What's next?



Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.

Warrington & Vale Royal College is seeking to appoint a full time Apprentice to provide efficient and effective administrative support to the Quality Department.
On the job training will be provided and the successful candidate will undertake a level 3 apprenticeship in Business Administration.
We offer an excellent salary and benefits package, which includes:
• A competitive salary
• Generous annual leave entitlement (48 days for Business Support, inclusive of bank holidays and Christmas closure days, pro rata for part time)
• Occupational pension scheme
• Employee benefits package
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site parking
• Full programme of training and mentoring
• Induction programme and buddy scheme
• Flexible working, where appropriate
• Menopause friendly
Where appropriate we will consider flexible working options, such as part time or job share. Please include details of any requests in your supporting statement, and we would be happy to discuss this further at interview
In October 2019 the College was officially commended as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, and we celebrated some of the highest pass rates in England, ranking us in the top 10 nationally for the third consecutive year. Our mission is ‘Realising potential, transforming lives’. Our environment is inclusive, friendly and supportive, with high expectations for both staff and students. To thrive in our environment, you will need to be resilient, positive, able to work autonomously, have a strong work ethic, and put our learners at the heart of everything you do.
The college is proud to hold the Gold accreditation in the Investors in People framework. We have been assessed against the criteria of Leading, Supporting and Improving, and the Gold award means that the college has the right principles in place, and our people and leaders demonstrate a commitment to best practice, people management and personal development.
Sustainability is a key priority for Warrington & Vale Royal College, and we are committed to raising awareness and the implementation of sustainable practices in all aspects of college life. Sustainability principles are embedded across the college, and our sustainability action plan and committee are led by senior leaders to ensure that this remains a key focus.
Suitable candidates should have 5 GCSEs or equivalent, including Maths and English, an ability to quickly learn office systems and procedures, and have some experience in the use of a range of software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and a Prohibition check.
Please note that it is college policy that referees of short-listed candidates will automatically be approached prior to interview. One reference should be from your current or most recent employer. In accordance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance, online searches will be conducted for all shortlisted candidates.
The College operates on 2 campuses – Warrington and Winsford.Please note, an application must be completed via FE jobs, as we cannot accept CVs as applications for employment. Agency CVs will not be accepted for this post.
This post closes on 11th August 2024; interviews will commence w/c 19th August 2024.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. If you are interested in this post please submit your application as soon as possible.

Resident Quality Engineer

Monday to Friday

Permanent role

40 hour working week

£16.83 Per hour

Experience required for Resident Quality Engineer based in Crewe

• Good understanding of manufacturing principles
• Automotive 1st Tier supplier experience
• Good problem-solving skills
• Awareness of IATF 16949 & VDA standards
• Broad and varied experience working within a Quality Function in automotive industry /Soft trim (desirable)
• Working knowledge of APQP, Global 8D, PPAP, SPC, CPK, Taguchi, Ishikawa, Poke-Yoke, Kaizen and 6 Sigma processes
• Experience of vehicle assembly and manufacturing processes
• Good working knowledge of MS Office products, especially Excel
• Excellent communication skills
• Effective time management
• High self-confidence level
• Strong analytical skills
• Self-sufficient, self-motivated and proactive
• High attention to detail

Details of Resident Quality Engineer based in Crewe

• Receive and monitor supplier and customer concerns
• Pre-empt, prepare and deliver data as required in customer-based meetings to all levels.
• Act in a pro-active manner as "window" for communication between customer located at the assembly plant.
• Collate data and report back day to day concerns between the customer and the business.
• Create, issue, co-ordinate and track 8D corrective action process in accordance with required timescales
• Communicate with business manufacturing plants to request and follow up with outstanding data from the plants.
• Obtain and monitor all relevant Parts Submission Warrants
• Check manpower requirements for any in-plant activities.
• Support in the control, training and education of agency rework staff
• located within the customers' assembly plant
• Maintain compliance with Quality systems
• Strict adherence to the Company and department's IATF 16494 procedures and instructions
• Immediately report any major concerns and roadblocks to Management.

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Job Title: Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: Warrington, Bristol or Newbury + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58552

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, at either our Warrington, Bristol or Newbury sites.

The role

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll provide functional advice, guidance and support to the business on all matters related to the delivery of an effective assurance programme, ensuring outputs meet customer and regulatory requirements.

• Day-to-day, the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for providing a 'key' support role to the Quality Manager and acting as their deputy covering agreed delegated duties and being a point of contact in times of their absence.
• Provides support to the Quality Manager/Senior Quality Manager [where appropriate] in the review of Quality Plans
• Delivering coaching, advice and support in relation to quality activities in support of overall business delivery 3. Supports and advises the organisation on planning to meet standards relevant to its activities particularly those specific to new projects and activities
• Provides advice and guidance on the findings of independent assurance activities and reports to the organisation on levels of compliance, recommending corrective and preventive actions as appropriate
• Identifies risks and opportunities associated with the organisations processes, products and services
• Ensuring Supplier quality arrangements are reviewed and approved / accepted in accordance with project requirements, including Customer approvals, e.g. up-front manufacturing documentation

This role is full time OR part time, 37 hours per week provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

• Have a proven track record gained within a similar role in a highly regulated industry such as Aerospace, Defence, Automotive, Manufacturing etc.
• Good working knowledge of all relevant quality standards and requirements
• Ability to investigate events using industry best-practice causal analysis tools

Qualifications for the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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Job title: Quality Manager
Job type: Permanent
Start date: ASAP - Subject to clearance
Salary: Depending on experience
Location: Warrington
Hours of work: 37 hours per week

Applicants must posses the following:
- Bachelor's degree in quality assurance
- Membership of professional body or working towards
- ISO 9001 Lead Auditor
- Supply chain auditing experience
- Experience working in a highly regulated industry
- Ability to gain SC

Ideally applicants should also have:
- Understanding of ISO 14001, 45001, 44001, 27001 standards

Role information:
- Lead the project quality team
- Report discrepancies and provide solutions
- Forecast resource requirements
- Ensure the quality team have received sufficient quality control training
- Ensure the supply chain adheres to quality standards
- Conduct quality team compliance, internal, subcontractor and supplier audits
- Investigate non-conformance incidents
- Support the project team with route cause analysis and corrective actions

Interested in this position? please click "apply now"
We try to respond to all applicants, but sometimes this is not possible due to high volumes of applications; if you have not heard from us within 14 days, regrettably it means you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
This permanent vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd
Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands, to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base; from small start-ups to large household names.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

The Recruitment Co are recruiting for a Quality Technician to join their client on a fixed term 6 month contract in Runcorn,

Our client is a manufacturing and distribution business.
This is a varied position, responsible for quality testing raw materials with additional Quality administration requirements.

Working hours:

The position is full time, Monday to Friday, offering a flexible start and finish time in line with site operating hours (39 hours per week total).

Pay rate

£11.83 per hour

Key responsibilities

• Practical experience within a food/pharma or chemical manufacturing Laboratory environment
• Knowledge of QC testing equipment and methods, (preferably including GC and GC-MS)
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office (Particularly Excel)
• Ability to prioritise own workload in accordance with business needs.
• Strong problem solving/mathematical skills
• High level of accuracy/attention to detail.
• Ability to act on own initiative, working alone or in a team environment
• Confidence and ability to make decisions
• Ability to work well and keep a clear focus under pressure

**To be successful, you will be able to demonstrate experience in a similar position and be a methodical worker with impeccable IT skills

We are interviewing immediately for this position!

To apply please submit your CV online

The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer
CPWarrington

The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we're committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Your new company
This is a large and leading social housing business based in Warrington (Birchwood), that are looking to recruit a new Risk and Assurance Manager following recent growth within the team. The company manage an extensive list of properties across the North of England and are highly regarded within their field. They also offer excellent career progression opportunities and a wide range of benefits.

Your new role
As a Risk and Assurance Manager, you will:

• Responsible for delivering an effective risk & assurance framework, managing strategic and operational risks within appetite, and providing assurance to the Board and stakeholders on the effectiveness of internal controls.
• Oversee the outsourced internal audit process and in house audit & assurance work, including a review of operating controls, processes and improvements to existing policies and controls.
• Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the group's approach to risk and assurance is engaging and collaborative whilst maintaining appropriate oversight & independence.
• Prioritise and escalate issues resulting in potential non-compliance to the leadership team and the Audit & Risk Committee where necessary.
• Responsible for the effective implementation of the assurance framework, leading the team and the business with performing independent assurance reviews of key risk areas across the first and second lines of defence.
• Line management of a multidisciplinary team, (Including Risk, Assurance, and Insurance) with the ability to mentor, inspire and drive high standards.

What you'll need to succeed

• Risk and Assurance knowledge, ideally from within the housing, construction, property field, although individuals with wider sector knowledge are also highly encouraged to apply.
• Significant knowledge of risk, internal control and compliance management frameworks.
• Good systems and technological knowledge, such as being able to utilise excel and other data systems.
• Experience within a managerial capacity, such as leading a small yet successful team within a large business.
• Ideally, an accounting or professional qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, or reputable risk/compliance management accreditation.

What you'll get in return
There is a competitive offering and benefits package for the successful candidate, including:

• Salary of £50,000 to £55,000, depending on experience.
• Flexible / home working - 1-2 days in the office per week.
• Minimum 25 days holiday, along with three additional days off at Christmas, and an additional holiday purchase scheme
• Employee schemes include travel savings, high street discounts, and the potential for car allowance.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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