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Senior Quality Technician

Job Posted: 18 days ago

Salary: £ 30,000 - 38,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Newport

Expire in: 10 days

Job Description

Senior Quality Technician | Newport | circa £38,000 | Permanent

The Opportunity

If you’re the kind of person who looks at a process and thinks, “We could stop half our problems before they even happen,” this role is right up your street.

This is a brand‑new position within a newly created Preventative Quality function - a chance to help build something from the ground up. The organisation is shifting away from a reactive, firefighting quality culture, and you’ll be right at the centre of that transformation.

You’ll focus on long‑term quality improvement rather than short‑term fixes, supporting the development of a robust Quality Management System, strengthening governance of special processes, and driving preventative activity into busy operational teams. It’s a role for someone who’s persistent, influential, and comfortable being “politely disruptive” when needed.

You’ll work closely with shop‑floor teams, technical specialists, and cross‑site quality colleagues, with opportunities to develop into an accredited Special Process Coordinator and become a key reference point for preventative quality on site.

Senior Quality Technician Key Responsibilities

Quality Management System: Support the establishment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the site QMS.

Calibration & Internal Audits: Coordinate calibration activities and contribute to internal audit programmes.

Special Process Governance: Oversee compliance and governance for special processes including crimping, torque, riveting, welding, bonding, and painting.

Root Cause Analysis: Conduct RCA and support long‑term corrective and preventative actions.

Preventative Quality Culture: Promote and embed preventative quality practices across operational teams.

Stakeholder Influence: Encourage and influence teams to prioritise long‑term quality improvements within a reactive environment.

Technical Collaboration: Work with technical specialists and escalate issues appropriately.

Ideal Senior Quality Technician 

Experience & Technical Background: 
• Manufacturing or shop‑floor experience 
• Exposure to a Quality Management System environment 
• Understanding of special processes (coordination level) 
• Ability to support root cause analysis and preventative quality activity

Qualifications: 
• HNC/HND (Level 4–5) preferred 
• Level 3 considered with strong manufacturing and special process experience

Behaviour & Fit: 
• Resilient and proactive
• Able to influence and collaborate effectively across teams
• Strong ownership mindset
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced operational environment

Location

Newport (fully site‑based, no hybrid working).

Working Hours

Mon–Thurs: 07:00–16:00 Friday: 07:00–13:00

Some UK travel required (e.g., depots), plus occasional international travel for training.

Senior Quality Technician Salary

Circa £38,000

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas – recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.

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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.

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