Quality Manager (Heavy Engineering - ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor.) - Roodepoort (Permanent)

Job Title: Quality Manager (Heavy Engineering - ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor.) - Roodepoort Start Date: 2026-08-20 - 2026-09-19 Vacancy Type: Permanent JHB012664 Sectors: Engineering & Technical Location: South Africa , Gauteng - Jhb Western Suburbs Salary: (Negotiable) Brief: Own the quality system for the company, not for one tender. Every job — motor, pump, valve, site install or outage package — is planned, inspected, recorded and released against an approved QCP and the current ISO 9001:2015 system. Quality is visible on the floor and on site, not only in the file. Detail: Reports to General Manager (independent of Production and Engineering output) Works with Engineering, Production, project managers, clients and third-party inspectors Scope QMS for workshop and site work across all sectors and contracts. Employment Permanent, full time. Client witness points and factory assessments as required. Minimum requirements National Diploma / BTech in Quality, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a trade-plus-quality path with proven industrial experience. Five years' quality in a workshop, fabrication, OEM or multi-site industrial environment. At least some rotating-machines or heavy mechanical exposure. Able to write a populated QCP / ITP with acceptance criteria, records and H / W / R / S points. ISO 9001 working knowledge. Computer literate. English for client and assessment work. Valid driver's licence. ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor. Utility, mining or rail factory-assessment experience. Accountabilities System Maintain ISO 9001:2015 and extend the same discipline to all product lines the certificate does not yet name. Issue QCPs / ITPs, method-statement quality content, the authorisation matrix and the quality-file index before work starts. Agree hold, witness, review and surveillance points with Engineering, Production and the client. Typical holds: approved assessment before repair; winding / critical assembly; pre-impregnation or equivalent process hold; final test and databook / handover. In-process and release Inspect at the point of work. Records are live. Backfilled or pre-signed packs are a disciplinary quality failure. Control material certificates, calibration, quarantine and NCRs across copper, insulation, bearings, mechanical parts and site-bought material. Nothing dispatches or hands over without a complete databook, closed holds and a release note that matches the physical job. Clients, audits and tenders Host factory assessments and third-party inspections across sectors. Supply completed QCP examples, calibration evidence and quality appointment letters for bids. Do not recycle another contract's letter. Investigate warranty and in-service failures. The finding changes the standard, not only the credit note. Run workshop and site walks: WIP trace-back, reverse trace, signature timeline, calibration trap, dispatch gate. Authority Stop work and stop dispatch / handover on any YNF job. Quarantine product, material and instruments. Raise and close NCRs. Concessions only with Engineering and, where required, the client and GM. show more... For more information please contact: Les Jones Apply