Quality Operator

**Empower, Connect, Evolve, **and** Inspire - **these are the values that drive us and make **BMI **a company where you can thrive and grow.

**ROLE INFORMATION**

**Job title**:Quality Operator**

**Function**:Supply Chain Concrete**

**Location**:Vandyke**

**Reporting to**:Plant Quality Manager**

**Direct reports**:None**

**Job grade**:W2**

**Standard Hours (inc shift pattern)**:40 hours per week - Monday to Friday**

**Role summary**

You will take responsibility for checking that products meet required quality standards at plant level and support the Plant Quality Manager to drive a culture of continuous operational improvement throughout the site

This role is a key interface between the operational team and Plant Management team to ensure a consistent approach and achievement of quality and CI targets. The main purpose of this role is to support the drive for good quality at operational level.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Responsible for managing quality testing during their shift at plant level
- Making sure that measuring and testing equipment are set up, calibrated and working correctly
- Inspecting and testing samples of products according to the test methods and accurately reporting the data on SAP
- Ensuring adherence to the quality plan
- Identifying nonconformities and faults and reporting correctly in SAP and to the Shift Manager and Plant Process & Quality Engineer
- Undertake weekly audit of the quality areas
- Participate as required in process/lean tools and systematic problem solving
- Support and training of factory production control including definition and training of all quality documentation, procedures and testing (quality plan,nonconformities, incoming materials, finished goods)
- Identify areas for improvement within quality
- Support plant trials ensuring gathering of trial data, results and control of product
- Independent verification of in-process testing

**Essential competencies, skills and experience**
- Experience as an inspector or quality technician
- Ability to work alone with mínimal supervision
- High level of visual awareness
- Advanced organisational skills
- Competent IT user
- Attention to detail

**Desirable competencies, skills and experience**
- Experience of SAP PM module (HANNA/S4)
- Experience of working in high volume manufacturing

**About BMI**

BMI is a new name backed-up with over 180 years of roofing experience and knowledge. Bringing together some of the industry’s most trusted local brands such as Redland & Icopal to become the largest supplier of both flat and pitched roofing and waterproofing solutions throughout Europe.

With over 120 production facilities across Europe, Africa and Asia, and more than 9,800 employees worldwide, we're well positioned to offer an unparalleled level of experience and innovation to our clients.

Our roofing products and systems are designed and manufactured in the UK. We have multiple manufacturing sites and distribution depots across the UK and Ireland with our UK&I Head Office based in Milton Keynes and our industry-leading BMI Academy is based in South Cerney, Gloucestershire.

Across these sites we offer a wide range of opportunities; from dedicated sales managers and technical experts to skilled operators in our plants, we value every role in the BMI Team and are united in delivering excellence for our customers and becoming the best roofing and waterproofing solutions company in the world.
- A career with _BMI Group_ is more than just a job. We help you to find work you enjoy, to use your skills, and support you to become the best you can be._
- Working together we can achieve great things. Come and join us._