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Technical Manager (Quality Assurance) – Maitland, Cape Town.
Do you have a strong background ensuring all technical products manufactured are compliant to the best industry standards.
This is a process driven role involving managing the testing, the Laboratory and Quality divisions reporting into the Operations Director with engagement with the sales and finance team.
Requirements:
- Matric plus relevant Tertiary Qualification
- 5 – 6 years’ experience in similar Management role
- Exposure to Quality Management Systems (SANAS, ISO – ESSENTIAL)
- Good Communication and People skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Willingness to become a VO in our SANAS accredited Lab within 2 years (exams to be done)
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan and report on the department’s strategy
- Attend Company MANCO Meetings each quarter and present for Technical Department
- Ensure that Lab Quality Manuals are kept in order and updated for Lab SANS1529-1, SANS1529-9 accreditation.
- Champion to SANAS audit on Lab each year
- Manage all Lab Staff (Testing Officers / Verification Officers)
- Schedule all Testing of Meters in according to plan provided by Operations Manager each week as to ensure that committed lead/dispatch times are met.
- Report on Lab Efficiency each week with Target of 95%
- Make recommendations to Operations Director and/or Managing Director on how to improve Lab Testing Capacity and Efficiency.
- Schedule any new products on Type Approval Benches and ensure that any new product is Type
- Approved within 4 months from application thereof
- Ensure that any/all products sold by Company has Type Approval Certificate or Letter from regulator authoring the sale of such products
- Conduct Quarterly Stock Takes on full Inventory alongside Operations Manager
- Ensure all products received are checked against known quality requirements and report any deviations to Operations Manager.
- Maintain Product Changes Register and report monthly
- Work alongside Directors and Marketing to ensure all company products are adequately branded
- Ensure that Damage Goods (Damaged Goods Store and Recovery Store) are reported to MD monthly with comments and actionable tasks required to recover lost values
- Maintain all equipment by making use of preventative maintenance program outside of business hours
- Provide Training to all Testing Officers with increasing the number of Testing Officers to VO’s each year until a target of 70% is achieved.