NPD - Compliance Manager

Job Specification

Purpose: The NPD compliance manager reports directly to the Director of Engineering Risk & Compliance. Responsible for auditing projects and facilitating the use of quality tools which follow the NPD process to ensure these projects are successful.

Key Accountabilities

PFMEA & Product Rick Assessments: Facilitate & guide the team through the FMEA process, ensuring that all necessary aspects are covered, encourage participation from all team members to ensure diverse perspectives are considered. Track and follow up on action items assigned to team members. Reports FMEA quality status and non-conformities in the engineering management meetings.

Control Plans: Update critical characteristics (CCS) and significant characteristics (SCS) identified in the FMEA onto the preliminary control plan. Review of NPD drawing changes (pre & post ECN).

QMS: Ensure QM and open issues are captured in FMEA updates, for example requirements are traceably linked into FMEA's.

NPD (New Product Development): Auditing of current NPD projects for content and robustness.

SME (Subject Matter Expert): FMEA, RCA, 65 and other advanced quality tools develop training materials, carry out training and assist in projects where required. Contribute where needed/planned to general quality management activities (Date capability analysis, calibration, GR&R etc). Carry out environmental impacts evaluation & review of the BDM.

Internal Audits: Quality Management Systems ISO 9001-2015). Test Laboratory BSEN ISO/IEC 17025-2017 protocols. Environmental Management System ISO 14001-2015. H&S risk assessment based on ISO 45001-2018, HSE and HSWA. Energy Management System ISO 50001-2018

Person Specification

• Engineering or equivalent educational background including formal certification in a quality related subject.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in the manufacturing quality environment with good system quality management experience.
• Proactive engagement with project teams to drive improvement/
• Proven capability in facilitating FMEA, RCA, 65 & quality tools.
• Ability to conduct in depth audits & risk assessments, look at each problem from the consumers perspective.
• Lead teams to complete actions to reduce ricks or improve quality and chase progress (like a project manager)
• Ability to demonstrate clear risk-based logic
• Extensive understanding of current ISO standards
• Certified/trained ISO auditing and certified/trained risk assessor.
• Act at all times in accordance with best proactive, legislation and company policies and procedures

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.