Quality Director

Posted on behalf of

Britishvolt

Britishvolt is Britain’s foremost investor in battery technologies. They are dedicated to supporting the future of electrified transportation and sustainable energy storage, producing world-leading lithium-ion battery technologies. Britishvolt are currently seeking a Quality Director to lead and direct the quality strategy for the UK’s first Lithium-Ion Gigaplant.

Quality Director Duties:

• Full accountability for the quality of the end-product (Lithium-Ion batteries) manufactured at Britishvolt’s new Gigaplant.
• A full responsibility for Quality policy within Britishvolt at an executive level including setting non-conformance targets.
• Implement Quality Management Systems and ensure the organisation meets relevant certification.
• Act as first point of contact for quality related matters for customers and senior management.
• A responsibility for building an effective quality team within Britishvolt covering all areas of the production process.
• Monitoring all day-to-day Quality operations within Britishvolt; tracking defects, root cause analysis, 8D investigations, non-conformities and identifying areas of improvement.

The Successful Quality Director will have:

• A Relevant Engineering or STEM University Degree
• A strong and demonstrable Quality Management experience within high volume manufacturing – Experience within Batteries or Automotive Electrification is strongly desirable.
• Prior experience dictating Quality processes and tracking performance.
• A strong knowledge of lean manufacturing principles ie. 5S, six-sigma, 8D, ISO 9001 / 14001, IATF 16949.
• Demonstrable experience of driving continuous improvement.
• Prior experience building a Quality function within a manufacturing environment.