Quality Assurance Officer

Victrex, a global leader in the high-performance polymer solutions sector, is actively looking for an experienced and diligent Quality Assurance Officer to uphold our exceptional standards of quality and ensure the continual satisfaction and safety of our customers across our key markets including automotive, aerospace, and medical industries. This role is pivotal for someone who relishes challenges and aspires to work in a vibrant, innovative environment.More about the roleAs QA Officer you will be the quality lead on project teams to ensure quality assurance compliance for relevant products and services across their full life cycle. You will approve product batch releases from a quality remit and define, manage and implement plans to achieve quality assurance compliance for relevant products. As part of the role you will also manage customer complaints, corrective and preventative actions and root cause investigations.Reporting into the Quality Manager, you will plan, implement and report on validation activities both internally and in collaboration with suppliers and customers. You will also define and manage testing activities for products against relevant international standard and make recommendations on appropriate actions.The role will also involve participating and supporting in all audits and liaising with internal and external customers in support of quality assurance compliance activities.Your experienceOur ideal candidate will have experience operating in a highly regulated industry, ideally manufacturing, automotive or aerospace. You should also have experience of Quality Management Systems and auditing to a minimum standard of ISO9001. Quality Assurance and auditing experience with quality management systems compliant to AS/EN9100 or IATF16949 would be advantageous.You should be educated to degree level in a relevant Science or Engineering discipline or have equivalent experience in a related field.NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.About VictrexVictrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.With over 40 years‘ experience, we are developing world leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholdersVision and cultureAt Victrex we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.This underpins our core values; passion, innovation and performance which are at the heart of our business.Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement and doing the right thing. Our values, passion, innovation, and performance are at the heart of our business and we value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities. We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies. We are also proud to be recognised as a ‘Disability Confident’ employer.Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone. So, if you need any help, advice or just want a confidential chat regarding any Diversity, Equity or Inclusion matters even before you apply to Victrex, then here is what you need to know:The enabling support that Victrex prides itself on giving, starts from when anyone applies or wants to apply to join our team.We are always here to help provide any ‘reasonable adjustments’ you may need during your application process. So please contact us to discuss your specific requirements in more depth.We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, and a confidential chat......whatever you need to know, and to help ensure an equitable solution,
that’s right for you, right from the start!That email is: ##### values diversity and encourages applications from allsections of the community.Please talk to us about flexible working.
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