Job Description
Team Leader - Purchased Material Inspection
Ref No: DT18380
County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Competitive salary
Team Leader - Purchased Material Inspection : North Dublin.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
• Provide leadership to deliver on daily output targets through inspection in a low volume, high complexity, and highly regulated medical devices environment. Lead and support inspection activities in the areas of component and mechatronic inspection to support manufacturing.
• Leading the completion of First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR's) and various types of lot inspection activities, conducting visual and measurement tests, dispositioning defective products for rework, and confirming re-work.
• Responsible for managing the initiation and completion of stock purges to ensure minimum disruption to manufacturing by closing out stock purges in a timely manner.
• Responsible and accountable for all aspects of the Purchased Material Inspection (PMI) team’s performance and output KPI’s. Act as a first point of escalation for issues and seek resolution by using the resources of the team and supporting functions, minimizing the need for further escalation.
• Through effective feedback and two-way communication, foster good employee relations and results focussed teamwork. Implementing schedules, methods and processes, allocate manpower and resources to maximum benefit. Through positive leadership, the Team Leader will be goal focused and serve as a role model for the team, promoting the corporate values.
• Deliver & implement solutions to problems impacting daily targets in a complex environment, working and managing to tight deadlines. Develop, improve & maintain good manufacturing practices and workmanship standards with a quality and process robustness focus.
Interested applicants should have:
• At least 3 years' relevant experience leading a team.
• Minimum of a third level qualification (Degree QQI level 8) in an appropriate discipline (Quality Management, Mechatronics, Electronics or Mechanical Engineering) or appropriate and commensurate experience.
• Strong working knowledge / experience of general Quality inspection activities with a background in problem solving in a dynamic regulated environment with tight deadlines.
• Knowledge and application experience with manufacturing techniques and process controls. The role requires strong results orientation and a drive to meet committed deadlines. Experience in leading and being a part of teams and projects with strong communications written and verbal. Ability to work in technically complex multi-discipline areas across the whole supply chain, including the supplier environment.
• Detailed working knowledge of Inspection Methodologies such as PCBA Visual Inspection (IPC-A-610), Fabricated/Machined Metal Mechanical/Visual inspection, Precision linear measurement, non-contact measurement, Moulded and Machined plastics inspection and measurement
• A strong ability to work with and lead teams and to utilise own initiative to solve daily problems with the team. Must demonstrate the ability to work across multiple functional areas to coordinate effective execution of solutions to problems encountered.