# Quality Inspection Manager

**Company**: McLaren Automotive
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive salary and benefits package
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854

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## Description

What You'll Do

**Quality Inspection Management:**

Oversee all quality inspection activities across Body Assembly, Surface Finish, and General Assembly build validation. Lead the inspection team to ensure all products meet McLaren's quality standards and specifications.

**Leadership & Team Development**

Provide daily leadership, coaching, and direction to the inspection team. Foster a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement. Support training and professional development to enhance team capability.

**Process & Standards Improvement**

Lead the development, management, and continuous improvement of McLaren's quality processes and standards. Identify opportunities to optimise processes and improve efficiency, productivity, and product quality.

**Continuous Improvement Culture**

Champion continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing. Encourage innovation and empower team members to contribute ideas. Drive improvements in quality metrics and address areas requiring enhancement.

**Quality Metrics & Performance**

Lead improvements in key quality indicators, monitoring performance and driving corrective and preventive actions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure sustained quality performance.

**Stakeholder Engagement**

Work closely with internal stakeholders to align quality objectives with business goals and customer expectations. Address quality issues collaboratively and drive improvements across departments.

**Level Zero Landscape Management**

Establish and monitor KPIs to measure the effectiveness of Level Zero management. Track resolution times, resource utilisation, and impact on production quality to identify improvement opportunities.

What You'll Bring

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related field (Master's preferred).

- Significant experience in quality management within manufacturing, ideally automotive.

- Proven leadership experience with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.

- Strong understanding of quality systems and methodologies (Six Sigma, Lean, etc.).

- Demonstrated success in driving continuous improvement and implementing best practices.

- Excellent communication skills, able to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences.

- Strong analytical mindset with proficiency in data analysis and interpretation.

- Professional quality certification (e.g., ASQ CMQ/OE) desirable.

**Personal Attributes**

- Inquisitive mindset with a willingness to challenge and understand the 'why'.

- Proactive, driven, and eager to take ownership.

- Energetic and motivated to excel in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

- Strong communicator with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders.

- Confident decision-maker, comfortable recommending solutions.

- Flexible, adaptable, and responsive to business needs.

- Professional, credible ambassador of McLaren's brand values.

- Results-driven with a winning mentality.

- Self-starter with the initiative to make things happen with minimal supervision.

What We'll Do for You

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

- Structured career development framework

- 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days

- Enhanced company pension scheme

- Discretionary annual bonus award

- Private medical insurance and health cash plan

- Life assurance benefit

- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service

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

- Generous parental leave policies

- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

## Skills

### Required
- Quality Management
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- Data Analysis
- Communication
- Leadership

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