Description
Company description
Forged Solutions Group provides high integrity forgings for the world’s most demanding applications.
From aerospace and energy production, to underground mining and off-highway vehicles, we have forged solutions for advanced manufacturing industries for more than 100 years.
Across established sites in the UK and in areas renowned for excellence in complex metal working, Forged Solutions Group manufactures shafts, rings, discs, asymmetric forgings and extruded cylinders in a range of titanium, nickel, and steel alloys. We have a global blue-chip customer base for whom we are a trusted, high-quality turnkey supplier known for our unique forging capability and ingenuity.
Our highly skilled teams provides comprehensive design-for-manufacturing assistance. Combined with our advanced forging capabilities, co-located with heat treatment, machining and a world-class materials testing and certification lab, Forged Solutions Group provides an integrated solution; from billet to finished, tested forging.
Job Summary:
Responsible for the development and ongoing management of the Technical Department at the Darley Dale site that includes Design, Metallurgy, Quality Systems, Quality Engineering, Pyrometry and Product Certification teams. Also responsible for developing and maintaining a Quality Management System (QMS) that complies with the Quality Standards stipulated by the company and any statutory and regulatory requirements relevant to the business. To ensure the ideals within Forged Solutions code of Conduct are upheld within the Technical Department and to maintain the continuous improvement philosophy within the department in alignment with the cascade of goals and objectives.
Key Objectives of the Role
- Ensure new products are designed and validated to ensure ongoing producibility with a target of zero defects.
- Develop process understanding across the business to reduce process variability and improve right first-time processing of parts.
- Apply proven problem-solving techniques to identify root cause of product deviations and ensure actions taken to correct are embedded into the business systems.
- Develop the Quality Management System, Operating Procedures and Work Instructions to meet the requirements of the various regulatory, statutory and Customer standards.
- Provide technical and compliance guidance for Darley Dale wide capital projects ensuring all validation risks are understood and planned along with understanding the needs and expectations of the customer base.
- Maintain and develop technical/quality relationships with key customers.
- Implement and maintain the Company’s Quality Management System and relevant Quality related accreditation.
- The creation and deployment of a departmental strategy that will aim to achieve the goals and objectives flowed down from Group and the General Manager.
- Provide and coordinate key projects to improve the business and achieve the relevant business goals and objectives.
- Identify and develop opportunities to achieve, the above, required performance, ensuring issues are addressed appropriately, supported by implementing appropriate KPI’s.
- Encourage the development of individuals through the implementation of agreed goals and objectives.
- Research and prepare reports based on operational activities and set relevant targets.
- Manage Risk in all of the departmental activities using relevant quality tools e.g. DMAIC, RCCA, Statistical analysis etc.
- Support the business in meeting its operational targets through effective management of all departments under direct Technical Manager responsibility.
The Applicant
- Degree educated within a technical field
- Knowledge of Aerospace and other quality related industries is essential
- Experience of product engineering related to Forge / Heat Treatment/ Inspection & Testing across a range of alloy families is essential
- Knowledge of key Customer, Regulatory and Statutory requirements within the Aerospace and other quality-controlled industries is essential.
- Able to demonstrate the development of management systems to control manufacturing risk at a business systems level is essential.
- Able to demonstrate application of data driven problem solving to improve producibility of manufactured products is essential.
- At least 5 years previous experience within Aerospace Manufacturing at a technical level is preferable.
- Previous operational management experience beneficial.
- Experience of managing a team is a requirement for this role.
- Due to the nature of products manufactured at Darley Dale the successful candidate must be able to be sponsored for UK Government security clearance.
Personal Qualities
- Curious & questioning
- Team working skills
- Able to work under pressure and deliver results to a defined deadline
- Logical and analytical
- Can-do attitude, self-motivated, flexible
- Attention to detail
- Innovative, Promote and embrace change, Continuous Improvement
- Confident
If you are interested in applying for the role, please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected]