Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working
Compensation: £36,620.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55799
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Assurance Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will support and oversee project delivered upgrades, maintenance and modifications identified as through life requirements to the facilities, infrastructure and assets that support maintenance activities on submarines and warships.
Day to day, you’ll support the planning, development and review of Quality Management Plans (QMP), Inspection & Test Plans (ITP) during project evaluation and planning phases.
- Support project and supply chain in the realisation of ITP and QMP requirements, whilst applying oversight and progressive assurance to deliverable documents and records.
- Ensure that deliverable Life Time Quality Records (LTQR) provide effective and assured evidence that the reference design intent of plant, equipment and Infrastructure has been adequately achieved.
- Participate in risk identification, analysis and management processes whilst continually identifying and implementing improvement initiatives.
This role is full time - 36 hours and will be based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard 2-3 days per week with hybrid working from home arrangements.
Essential experience of the Quality Assurance Engineer:
- Knowledge/experience of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System requirements
- Awareness/knowledge/experience of continuous improvement methodologies and techniques (problem solving, root cause analysis, Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean).
- Experience of internal auditing techniques and methodologies.
- Experience of quality assurance and quality control techniques and methods deployed within an engineering industry sector, including supply chain functions.
- Knowledge of change management, document management and improvement programmes.
Qualifications for the Quality Assurance Engineer:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 01/03/2024
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