Quality Officer

Trafford Park

Reconditioned

Full time

Permanent

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Hours per week: *08:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday
**Rate of pay**:£30,000 - £35,000 per annum

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Your role: *

As a result of continuous growth, the opportunity has arisen for a Quality Officer to join our reconditioned business.

Reporting to the Compliance Director this role will lead the development and compliance of the Quality standards within the Recondition Business Unit, by liaising with site managers and offering a hands-on practical approach to driving a quality culture and improvement initiatives across a multisite operation. The Quality and CI Officer will work towards developing supporting documentation and practical tools to ensure that all sites are adhering to a standardised Quality Management System across the business unit.

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Undertake audits in accordance with the audit schedule and ensure that any non-conformances are reported and managed within a timely manner
- Prior Continuous Improvement or Lean Manufacturing knowledge and experience
- Competent knowledge in Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques
- Ability to get the buy-in of people on-site to implement improvements
- Lead on the quality improvement initiatives across the Reconditioned Pallet Division sites, delivering a practical and lean approach to site processes
- Undertake project work for quality initiatives that support the development of an effective and standardised Quality Management System
- Have prior manufacturing or logistics experience from a company successfully utilising Continuous Improvement
- Be a certified internal auditor, ideally ISO9001 (Quality Management)
- Provide support and training to site quality champions to drive the quality culture/awareness to site personnel
- Monitor all internal non-conformances and drive through route cause analysis and implement the appropriate control plans to prevent re-occurrence

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Personal Specification*

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Must have excellent communication and team-building capabilities and be flexible to work within a diverse range of manufacturing and logistics environments
- A “can do” attitude with a passion for driving continuous improvement
- Needs to be a practical person, willing to be hands-on and lead change from the front
- Computer literate and confident with Excel, Word and internal reporting and database management
- Solution-focused and analytical problem solving
- Excellent standard of written and numerical literacy
- Driving License
- Must be willing to work and travel across the UK

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Who we are: *

The Scott Group is a family business, operating several distinct business units, which together deliver a wide range of goods and services to industrial and manufacturing markets throughout the UK: manufactured and reconditioned pallets, timber packaging, agricultural boxes, industrial supplies, hand and power tools, workwear, PPE, safety equipment, premium apparel & professional protective clothing manufacture and property services.

From a single site family-run sawmill in Scotland, we have grown Scott Pallets organically and through acquisition over the last 33 years to become the UK’s leading, most innovative manufacturer and supplier of sustainable timber pallets and bespoke timber-packaging solutions. We operate nationally from over 22 well-invested operational sites.
Our award-winning pallet manufacturing and pallet supply business thrives on finding the most effective solutions for our customers and provides competitive, sustainable, safe pallet solutions to help customers achieve their own environmental and sustainability targets.

Our sustainable pallet solutions include a range of new, bespoke or standard pallets, reconditioned pallets and a pallet recovery, repair and reuse service. We work collaboratively with our customers to promote circular economy principles in the use of timber packaging and pallets and to deliver the best solution for their needs.

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What you will receive in return: *
- Career development in a family run business
- Pension Scheme
- MyPayRewards
- Shopping discounts and Vouchers
- Refer-a-friend

Think you have what it takes? If so, we want to hear from you. Send your CV and covering letter, telling us what you can bring to this role.

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**Salary**
£30,000 - £35,000

**Hours**
Monday - Friday 8:00 - 17:00

**Benefits**
Career development in a family run business Contributory Pension Scheme MyPayRewards
- discounts on Vouchers Refer-a-friend scheme

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year