Test Manager

Job Description

Are you hands-on Test Engineer / Test Manager with experience of consumer goods How do you feel about leading our department If you’re commutable to the Derby area, we need your help to run and develop our in-house product test facility - lead and develop our Test Engineers & conduct hands on product testing.BASIC SALARY: Up to £55,000BENEFITS:· Performance related KPI bonus paid twice yearly.· Full access to company benefits package to include Healthcare, Life Assurance and PensionLOCATION: DerbyCOMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Nottingham, Chesterfield, Newark-on-Trent, Loughborough, Burton Upon-Trent, Mansfield, SheffieldJOB DESCRIPTION: Test Engineer / Test Manager – Consumer GoodsWe are a new test facility and set up less than 2 years ago in need of a leader to make us the best we can be. You’re currently a hands-on Test Engineer / Test Manager with ideas! You’re a leader! You want to lead from the front and be involved in hands on product testing (rather than being sat in an office report writing). You will know what high quality consumer goods look like (fit, form, function) & you are ready for the challenge of developing our test department to perform at the highest level possible.Ultimately, you’ll be tasked to get our new products to market quicker.Our products range from existing redeveloped tools and small machines, to brand new ones - this will keep the role interesting and challenging for you.This isn’t a firefighting exercise. This is a successful and well-run team of two Test Engineers who need a bit of support and development. You’ll need to learn their strengths and weaknesses, build a plan, and then execute to develop them. There is also great scope for you to grow the team and department.You’ll also need to be happy managing internal stakeholders - mainly the procurement department.YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES: Senior Test Engineer / Test Manager – Consumer Goods· Conduct product testing for fit, form & function of new products & determine if those products meet the product specification.· Updating product test logs & technical files internally · Leading the test department, you’ll need to judge a products’ build quality (safety, design, performance & compliance), compile reports & findings on your tests conducted & feedback to buyers & 3rd party manufacturers.· Create product construction files, declarations of conformity & technical briefs for new & existing products.· Overall responsibility for ensuring that products, procedures, and documents meet directives, product standards & EU/UK legislation· Ensure that corrective actions raised on product evaluations are resolved, checked & prioritised.· Work effectively with third party test houses.YOUR BACKGROUND: Senior Test Engineer / Test Manager – Consumer GoodsYou could already be a Test Manager, having previously been a Test Engineer & developed into a more senior test role.Or you could be a Senior Test Engineer / Team Leader and are now ready to step up into this role. Maybe, as a Test Engineer you have mentored or supported a Junior Engineer Or you’ve been involved in continuous improvement within an in-house test department Either way you think your background is relevant.· Your experience of performance testing will have covered a variety of electrical &/or mechanical products for the consumer or professional markets.· You’ll need specific knowledge of the compliance related to the Machinery, EMC and Low Voltage Directives, RoHS, PAH’s and REACH as well as a thorough understanding of product standards, directives & legislation in relation to product design, functionality & safety for relation to electrical & mechanical tools & machinery.Finally, if as a Test Engineer / Test Manager you have experience with imported electrical consumer products or test houses in the Far East – you’d better understand our processes.THE COMPANY:We are one of the leading manufacturers of electrical/mechanical power tools, products & machines to the UK & EU consumer markets.It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: Test Engineer, Test Manager: consumer goods. Electrical, Mechanical, Machinery, EMC, quality, reliability, industrial design, advanced engineering, toolsINTERESTED Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.REF: JAC16140, Wallace Hind Selection