Kolb & Baumann GmbH

Your responsibilities:

Head of the DAkkS Calibration Laboratory:

• Developing, testing, and validating new or modified calibration procedures
• Responsibility for the unbroken metrological traceability of the laboratory’s internal reference standards to national standards
• Creating, reviewing, and updating the mathematical measurement uncertainty calculations for all accredited quantities
• Approving calibration certificates
• Primary point of contact for DAkkS auditors during regular surveillance and re-accreditation audits
• Organizing and evaluating participation in legally required interlaboratory comparisons (proficiency testing) to demonstrate the laboratory’s international comparability
• Continuous monitoring of changes in relevant standards, DAkkS rules (such as R-17025-K) and legal requirements, and implementing them in the laboratory
• Preparing the annual management review to assess the effectiveness of the management system
• Assessing errors or irregularities in the calibration process, initiating corrective actions (CAPA), and analyzing risks to impartiality
• Technical handling and final resolution of customer complaints regarding incorrect measurements or certificates
• Defining competency criteria for laboratory staff, conducting training, and authorizing personnel for specific calibration activities
• Ensuring that environmental conditions (e.g., room temperature, humidity, vibration protection) are strictly maintained and continuously monitored

Quality Management Lead and QMR:

• Introducing and further developing the QMS. Planning, setting up, and continuously maintaining the quality management system based on DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025
• Monitoring standards compliance. Ensuring that all processes, documents, and specifications meet legal, regulatory, and normative requirements
• Planning and conducting audits, supporting internal system and process audits, and preparing for and supporting external certification audits by DAkkS and DEKRA
• Promoting the CIP (continuous improvement process). Identifying weaknesses in company processes, initiating optimization projects, and monitoring the measures implemented
• Reporting to senior management. Regularly preparing the management review to inform leadership about QMS performance and required resources
• Document control. Supporting the creation and updating of quality-relevant documents such as process landscapes, work instructions, and the QM manual. Approving QM documents.
• Interface and advisor: First point of contact for customers, suppliers, and certification bodies on quality matters, as well as advising internal employees and managers.
• Training and awareness: Conducting internal training to embed quality awareness in day-to-day work.

-Optional- Head of Quality Assurance:

• Defining quality standards, limits, and inspection criteria in line with company, industry, or legal requirements
• Defining incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspections, and creating first article inspection reports
• Ongoing monitoring of manufacturing and work processes (e.g., using statistical process control - SPC)
• Conducting internal process and product audits to verify effectiveness and compliance with standards
• Analyzing root causes, handling customer complaints (e.g., via 8D reports), and initiating corrective actions
• Monitoring the regular calibration, maintenance, and testing of measuring and test equipment
• Monitoring the complete documentation of inspection results, creating KPIs and reports for management
• Identifying risks using methods such as FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and training employees to increase quality awareness

Your Profile:

• Confident command of German, spoken and written (technical terminology)
• Confident command of English, spoken and written (technical terminology)
• Very good skills in using and programming Office software (word processing, spreadsheets, database applications, presentation software)
• Solid technical training (usually a completed degree in engineering or natural sciences; alternatively, a state-certified technician with many years of professional experience in dimensional metrology)
• Additional qualification in quality management (Quality Management Representative or QM Manager)
• Quality assurance methods in production and services

Competence and experience:

• Proven, several years of practical professional experience in metrology and measurement technology, as well as in operating a calibration laboratory
• In-depth knowledge of the mathematical and statistical evaluation of measurements, especially in preparing measurement uncertainty budgets in accordance with the GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement) and/or EA-4-02 M
• Standards and regulatory competence, DAkkS rule sets
• Understanding of how the reference standards used are traceable without gaps to national or international standards
• Personnel and social skills (leadership skills, strong communication)
• Measurement technology and test equipment management (test equipment monitoring)
• Statistical process control (SPC) & data analysis
• Root cause analysis
• Preventive quality methods (FMEA)
• Creating inspection plans for manufacturing and the service sector
• Technical understanding (reading technical drawings, tolerance specifications, material properties, and production processes)
• Complaint and claims management
• Analytical thinking

Knowledge of the management system:

• Standards competence: Confident command of the requirements of DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and DIN EN ISO 9001
• Quality management: Ability to manage processes, analyze risks and opportunities, and effectively implement corrective actions for deviations
• Setting up and further developing the quality management system

Here’s what we offer:

• A key position with responsibility and scope for action
• 35-hour week
• Job bike
• Good working atmosphere in a traditional company

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