Telework options: hybrid on site – remote (up to 2 days home office per week)
Looking for an exciting and permanent job in a fast-growing high-tech company, offering a variety of assignments and interactions?
Job Context
For over 20 years, Ekinops has been driving innovation in network systems. We provide solutions focused on the needs of communication service providers and enterprises worldwide. We provide open, trusted and innovative network connectivity and enable our customers’ success by delivering high value-added software-driven solutions. Today, over 120 international service providers, including numerous Tier 1 carriers around the world, trust our people and technologies. Over 50% of our over 500-strong team works in our multi-national Agile R&D centers. Our company has a strong international background, with sales offices strategically located around the world.
Duties and Responsibilities
As part of the Quality team of 7 people, reporting to the Group Quality Director, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Site quality Manager in charge:
- A local ISO9001 certificate within the context of a global certification
- A local ISO14001 certification for all the site activities.
- Participate in the maintaining through the implementation of the actions that may come from the corporate ISO27001 certification.
This requires strong interaction with R&D department (85% S/W, 15% H/W), with the Manufacturing plant functions (EMS activity 55 people), and with the support functions present in the site to ensure alignment of operations with Corporate Procedures.
The role will have a strong component of interactions with Corporate Departments to support corporate quality initiatives and projects as well as ensure global processes are implemented.
The future Quality and Environmental manager will also participate to the PBW committee in Belgium.
Profile and skills
You are an autonomous, proactive, confirmed quality & environmental manager combining technical expertise, leadership qualities and interpersonal skills to effectively manage and improve the quality of our processes.
You have:
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to organize workload.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deal with all of the business hierarchy.
- Be able to work on own initiative and as part of a team, as this role will involve collaboration across all departments.
- Hands-on: ability to write efficiently new processes, quality reports, communications towards customers, suppliers, other company departments.
Technical knowledge
- Have relevant engineering qualification.
- Two to five years’ experience of working in a similar telecom industry environment undertaking tasks comparable to the role.
- Extensive knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality standards and ISO 14001 Environmental standards. Good knowledge of ISO27001 IT Security standard.
- General understanding and knowledge of Health and Safety requirements.
- A thorough understanding of the company’s services, products and its associated markets would be advantageous.
- Experienced Internal Auditor Registered / certified ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Lead Auditor is an advantage.
Behavioral indicators
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Being analytical and able to interpret data to produce clear and concise reports.
- Have a high level of competency and accuracy in writing and maintaining clear and professional documentation relating to integrated management systems.
- Possess strong planning, organizational, teamwork and presentation skills.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines essential.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to train staff.
- Experience of delivering in-house training for effective execution of Quality & Environmental Management systems desirable.
- Thorough understanding of Quality & Environmental standards and methodologies, of relevant legislation and compliance requirements.
- Familiar with IT Security standards and Health & Safety standards.
- Thorough understanding of manufacturing and production in the industry.
- Professional in outlook and attitude.
- Self-motivated – improvement orientated.
- Highly conscientious and diligent.
- Very good written and oral communication skills in English (fluent, mandatory) and French.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office with more advanced IT Skills / Knowledge advantageous.
- Ability to travel to the various offices of the group, to suppliers’ or customers’ locations (estimated to 10 to 20% of the time).
Package
- Manager Position
- Possibility to work remotely (2 days per week)
- Meal Voucher
- Health insurance
- Pension Plan
- Life Insurance
- Private accidents insurance
- Disablement insurance / guaranteed income
- Allianz Global Assistance Insurance
Recruitment process
3 interviews
- 1st with Department manager/Team leader
- 2nd interview with HR
- 3rd interview with C-Level/VP
To apply
Ekinops endeavours to be an employer of choice. Our teams are dedicated, imaginative and astute. We strive to work together around our core values, which includes dynamism, empowerment and customer focus.