Gemma Leary
Stanley,Durham
Summary
Experienced professional with focus on quality control and assurance in manufacturing environments. Capable of ensuring product standards through keen analytical skills and attention to detail. Committed to improving processes and maintaining high-quality outputs using robust inspection techniques and collaborative teamwork.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work history
Quality control assistant
Warwick Equest
Consett, Durham
2001.10 - 2025.07
- Assisted in the training of new staff members, fostering a culture of excellence and precision.
- Adhered strictly to health and safety protocols whilst carrying out duties dutifully.
- Achieved compliance with safety regulations through strict adherence to guidelines.
- Established robust communication channels with suppliers, ensuring transparency and adherence to agreed specifications.
- Conducted thorough equipment calibration, ensuring accuracy during testing processes.
- Streamlined efficient workflows by making necessary adjustments based on test findings.
- Ensured consistent product quality by conducting routine inspections.
- Sustained superior levels of product quality with rigorous testing and assessment protocols.
- Collaborated closely with production team to optimise quality control protocols.
- Reported any deviations from standards to management promptly, avoiding costly errors and reworks.
- Identified potential defects for immediate correction.
- Upheld company's reputation for excellence by maintaining high quality standards across all products.
- Captured and analysed data, addressing adverse variation.
- Updated relevant documentation, checking for accuracy and relevance.
- Monitored and assessed quality performance to gauge progress.
- Investigated customer complaints to address areas of improvement and eliminate non-conformances.
- Validated quality processes and identified operational and performance qualifications.
- Defined corrective actions for non-conforming products and complaints for continued quality improvements.
- Devised corrective actions and solutions to improve product durability.
- Created and issued Standard Operating Procedures for team members to follow.
- Coordinated closely with appropriate teams to implement necessary process and procedural changes to prevent quality issue recurrence.
Education
GCSEs - Various
Greencroft Comprehensive
Stanley 06.2000
Skills
- Ethical integrity
- Manufacturing process understanding
- Troubleshooting defects
- Results-Driven mindset
- Supplier quality control
- Quality consciousness
- Customer orientation
- Knowledge of production processes
- Corrective actions implementation
- Quality inspection tools use
- Statistical quality control
- Regulatory guidelines awareness
- Customer satisfaction monitoring
- Precision judgement
- Compliance reviewing
- Product testing protocols
- Quality inspection
- Precision measurement
- Quality Management Systems
- Quality assurance techniques
- Product testing
- Process efficiency
- Continuous improvement
- Customer relations
- Attention to Detail
- Product quality assessing
- Effective communicator
- Product quality improving
Work preference
Work Type
Full timeLocation preference
RemoteTimeline
Quality control assistant
Warwick Equest
2001.10 - 2025.07
GCSEs - Various
Greencroft Comprehensive