Quality Lead

**Company Description**
John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
- Prioritize and manage Quality department activities and workload to support the strategic goals of the company.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to align process improvement efforts with organizational goals and objectives, ensuring strategic alignment and driving continuous improvement culture throughout the company.
- Manage the ISO 9001:2015 certification process (coordinate with HSE functions in case of integrated system
- Oversee external and internal audits.
- Manage quality control activities and drive continuous improvement.
- Manage external and internal incidents, non-conformities, and ensure proper RCA is done, corrective/preventive actions executed.
- Analyze COPQ and drive continuous improvement.
- Manage the calibration of the measurement tools.
- Support the Supplier Audit evaluation and their performance to improve the product outcome
- Coordinate and development the necessary projects to improve the quality management system.
- Support the development of the quality management system to manage regulatory compliance.
- Lead continuous improvement teams using Lean and Six Sigma tools using the following tools: Value Stream Mapping, Flow Chart, FMEA, Control Plans, Pareto Analysis, Cause and Effect Diagrams, 5 why’s, Error Proofing, etc.
- Additional duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelors in Engineering (Quality Management, Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Preferred)
- 6+ years experience in Quality in a similar Role
- Knowledgeable and demonstrated experience in managing the ISO 9001:2015 Certification.
- Demonstrated experience in problem solving.
- Effective written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to use data to drive continuous improvement.
- Must be able to communicate with all levels of management.
- Must be detailed oriented and a team player.
- Ability to read and interpret drawings.
- Some operating experience with SAP;
- Must be flexible in work duties and schedule.
- Strong knowledge of quality management principles and best practices.
- Experience in Oil & Gas companies would be a plus
- Auditor qualification according to ISO 19011 would be a plus;
- Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt Certification would be a plus;
- Fluent in English. Good presentation skill.
- Proactive.

**Additional Information**

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.