IMS Officer
LAHAB
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time
About LAHAB:
LAHAB DEFENCE SYSTEMS manufactures medium and large calibre munitions. We are in the industry with over 25 years of experience in leading defence & security organizations. LAHAB is committed to modernising the entire munitions value chain with its 25+ years of knowledge and experience. We support major defence and security organisations, law enforcement agencies, and sports clients, supplying them with reliable and safe munitions and services.
Key Responsibilities:
LAHAB DEFENCE SYSTEMS manufactures medium and large calibre munitions. We are in the industry with over 25 years of experience in leading defence & security organizations. LAHAB is committed to modernising the entire munitions value chain with its 25+ years of knowledge and experience. We support major defence and security organisations, law enforcement agencies, and sports clients, supplying them with reliable and safe munitions and services.
Key Responsibilities:
- The Governance & Standards/ IMS office role is a strategic role that works collaboratively with certification bodies, regulators, internal stakeholders and across the business to ensure our integrated management systems (IMS) are suitable, adequate and effective. The role shall: facilitate independent and major investigations affecting one or more parts of the business, plan, manage and execute management system audits both internally and externally, act as the focal point for professional communications on behalf of the Quality department, provide business continuity governance and assurance, manage calibration, provide IMS training, provide administrative and consultancy services for the IMS, coordinate and execute management reviews and drive a risk reduction, root cause and nonconformance prevention culture.
- Leading the development and implementation of best-practice Governance & Standards Quality vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures, ensuring that our management systems, processes and practices are compliant with customer, regulatory and safety requirements. Provide clear direction and leadership for Governance and Standards activities across the business and ensure your team continues to work collaboratively with key stakeholders, both within and between entities.
- Leading, inspiring and managing the Governance and standards teams, including calibration, by demonstrating exemplary values, principles and behaviours that align with the business, to the effect of achieving business and mission goals and objectives. Raise the quality profile and maintain a reputation of integrity across the business
- Driving a safety-first mindset across the business empowering Governance and Standards team members to responsibly address concerns.
- Driving a culture of Quality excellence, innovation and achieving efficiency through effective management of ‘our ways’ of working and embedding a desire for systematic management system improvement. Leading process improvement, design, development and standardisation initiatives through cross-entity collaboration
- Adopt a proactive risk-based approach that is backed by intelligence and sound data; ensuring management certification and approvals remain valid and fit for purpose.
- Training, developing, monitoring and evaluating team performance; improving engagement activities and process efficiency. Identify current and future skills gaps in respect to the needs of the business, ensuring the team are best positioned for growth and close gaps through forward planning, effective budgeting and performance management
- Managing the integrated audit program ensuring all processes receive due consideration, are in alignment with existing certifications, and are proactively developed to meet the needs of the business
- Planning and forecasting assigned cost account, ensuring it is appropriately managed within approved limits and agreed objectives.
- Working closely with respective stakeholders to measure and report leading and lagging process indicators across the businesses and driving improvement plans with those accountable. Ensuring effective deployment of resources to support the programme lifecycle from bid through to disposal.
- Acting as senior management representative for all escalated Governance and Standards concerns, and conducting and directing appropriate tasks as directed by line management
- Minimum: Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) ‘Practitioner’ grade or above. Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline, Certified ISO 9001 Internal/leadauditor.
- Minimum: 7 + years of experience in quality management / assurance, or similar roles in manufacturing environment with at least 5 years leading quality teams on complex systems engineering programmes
- Preferred: Masters degree in Quality; multiple lead auditor certifications in Quality, auditing qualifications (e.g. AS9100 / ISO9001 lead auditor, etc.), Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) ‘Practitioner’ grade or above.
- Preferred: 6+ years Defence industry-specific experience with substantial GCC exposure and at least 5 years Quality Management/Assurance experience within complex engineering programme environments
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