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Quality specialist CV: example and template

This example is for quality specialists and quality engineers at manufacturing, electronics, metal and plastics plants, and for quality inspectors and technologists who want to move into work with the quality system.

The employer wants to know which quality system you know, how you run audits and complaints, how you find the causes of problems and how you work with suppliers. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: quality specialist

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Joanna Wilk

Quality specialist

Gorzow Wielkopolski +48 123 456 789 joanna.wilk@example.com

Professional profile

Quality specialist with 6 years in electronics manufacturing, the last 3 responsible for the quality management system at a circuit board assembly plant. I run internal audits, customer and supplier complaints and corrective actions. The time to close a complaint fell from 34 to 18 days, and the plant passed recertification with no major non-conformities.

Work experience

Quality specialist

02.2022 - present

Electronics assembly plant, Gorzow Wielkopolski

  • A quality management system to ISO 9001, documentation and procedures.
  • Planning and carrying out 14 internal audits a year.
  • Customer complaints using the 8D method, time to close from 34 to 18 days.
  • Audits and evaluation of 25 component suppliers, complaints to suppliers.
  • Recertification with no major non-conformities, training for production.

Quality inspector

07.2019 - 01.2022

Electronics manufacturer, Zielona Gora

  • Visual and electrical inspection of boards.
  • Recording non-conformities.
  • Taking part in root cause analysis of defects.

Education

Master's degree, production engineering

2014 - 2019

University of Zielona Gora

Skills

  • ISO 9001 quality management system
  • Internal audits
  • Customer and supplier complaints
  • Root cause analysis and corrective actions
  • Supplier evaluation
  • Documentation and procedures

Certificates

  • ISO 9001 quality management system internal auditor, 2022
  • 8D method and root cause analysis training, 2021
  • Statistical process control training, 2023

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a quality specialist CV

Professional summary

Write which quality system you know, in which industry and what you are responsible for: audits, complaints, suppliers. Add a result, for example shorter complaint times or an audit with no non-conformities. The employer is looking for someone who will find the cause of a problem and make sure it does not come back.

Quality inspector with 3 years of experience in electronics manufacturing. I carry out visual and electrical inspection, record non-conformities and take part in root cause analysis of defects. I am looking for work as a quality specialist.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the system, audits, complaints, corrective actions, suppliers and documentation. Show results in numbers. Add the methods you use to analyse problems.

Weaker: Audits.

Better: Planning and carrying out 14 internal audits a year.

Weaker: Complaints.

Better: Customer complaints using the 8D method, time to close from 34 to 18 days.

Weaker: Suppliers.

Better: Audits and evaluation of 25 component suppliers, complaints to suppliers.

Skills worth listing

List the quality system, audits, complaints, root cause analysis, supplier evaluation and documentation. In your soft skills show inquisitiveness, accuracy and assertiveness.

Professional skills

  • ISO 9001
  • Internal audits
  • Complaints
  • Root cause analysis
  • Supplier evaluation
  • Documentation

Personal skills

  • Inquisitiveness
  • Accuracy
  • Assertiveness
  • Communication
  • Methodical approach

Certificates

List internal auditor qualifications and training in root cause analysis methods and statistical process control. In automotive add training in industry requirements.

How to start as a quality specialist

Most people move from quality inspection, technology or production. On your CV show the non-conformities you work on and the methods you know.

Add an internal auditor course. It is the most common first certificate in this job.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An electronics manufacturer looks for complaints and component suppliers, automotive for industry requirements and product documentation, and a food plant for food safety. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a quality specialist CV

Questions and answers

What should a quality specialist put on a CV?

The system, audits, complaints, corrective actions, suppliers, documentation, certificates and languages.

How does a quality specialist differ from a quality inspector?

An inspector checks products, and a specialist runs the quality system, audits, complaints and corrective actions.

Which results are worth giving?

Time to close complaints, the number of complaints and audit and certification results.

Is an auditor certificate needed?

Often yes, at least as an internal auditor.

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