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Quality Manager

Sheffield, England Job ID JR2025449425 Category Quality Post Date Mar. 31, 2025
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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Job Title: Quality Manager

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK (Onsite)

Company: Boeing

Job Type: Full-Time

Introduction:

At Boeing Sheffield we engage the talent, pride and passion of people to be the leading manufacturer of flight critical, complex machined hardware to all of Boeing Commercial Airplanes for today and tomorrow. Here at Boeing Sheffield, we celebrate a culture around the Boeing Production System—our unique way of transforming our lean Production System to align the site’s culture on safety, quality and continuous improvement. This culture engages our employees because their thoughts, ideas, and talents are valued.  We are looking for teammates to join us that will be fully engaged and adaptable, will be team players and problem solvers, and will be excellent communicators.

Position Overview: We are looking for a Quality Manager to join our team working alongside production and engineering in ensuring that our product meets our customer expectations; this will involve leading a team of Quality Inspectors, across 3 shifts, representing this team at internal and external meetings, applying the principles of lean and continuous improvement whilst also ensuring compliance to production and quality standards and other related activities.  The role will initially be working days, however, there will be a requirement to work shifts in the future (circa 2nd half of 2026; early days 0600-1400hrs Monday to Friday, and late days 1345hrs-2200hrs, Monday to Thursday & 1345hrs-1915hrs Friday).

Key Responsibilities:

  • Performs management activities across multiple (2 or more) Quality Management Job Families.

  • Develops and executes business plans, policies and procedures and develops organizational and technical strategies.

  • Provides education and coaching on the Quality System.

  • Acquires and manages resources and leads process improvements.

  • Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, suppliers and direct reports.

  • Manages, develops and motivates employees.

Required Competencies:

Functional Excellence Competencies:

  • Accountability and Responsibility – Demonstrates a willingness to accept responsibility and accountability for one's actions. Exhibits a moral, legal or mental accountability in areas of responsibility.

  • Adaptability – Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, and/or cultures.

  • Change Management – Encourages others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.

  • Continuous Improvement – Originates action to improve existing conditions and processes; uses appropriate methods to identify opportunities, implements solutions, and measures impact.

  • Continuous Learning – Demonstrates an interest in personal learning and development. Seeks feedback from multiple sources about how to improve and develop; modifies behavior based on feedback or self-analysis of past mistakes. Takes steps to develop and maintain the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform.

  • Innovation / Creativity - Discovers new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking. Tries different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.

  • Planning and organising – Effectively plan what is to be achieved and involve all relevant stakeholders. Anticipate important or critical events, identifying resource requirements and assigning responsibility for specific work, including deadlines and performance expectations. Demonstrate the use of information -gathering techniques, analysing situations and identifying implications in order to make correct decisions. Demonstrate ability to monitor progress and to make changes as required.

  • Strategic Decision Making – Obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and organisational values.

  • Teamwork – Demonstrates a commitment to the mission and motivation to combine the team’s energy and expertise to achieve a common objective. Understands the dynamics of effective teamwork in order to attain higher levels of performance. Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team.

Technical Competencies

  • Systems Thinking – Ability to understand the big picture and the inter-relationships of all positions and activities in the system, including the impact of changes in one area on another area. This includes the ability to see and understand the inter-relationships between components of systems and plans, anticipate future events, and apply the principles of systems thinking to accelerate performance.

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

  • Proven experience in a leadership/management role within a manufacturing or machining environment.

  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop employees.

  • Excellent people skills to foster a collaborative and positive work environment.

  • Proficiency in quality management systems and tools, including statistical process control and root cause analysis.

  • Strong understanding of machining processes, materials, and quality control standards.

  • Ability to read and interpret technical documents and blueprints.

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

  • Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Preferred Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field; or other relevant qualification plus experience.

  • Quality Leadership & Management experience, preferably in aerospace manufacturing/production environment and involving precision machining.

Work Authorization:

This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorization to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and labor sponsorship for any applicants. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S. based payroll

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.


Applications for this position will be accepted until Apr. 16, 2025


Export Control Requirements: This is not an Export Control position.

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Shift Worker (United Kingdom)


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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