Lead Quality Engineer

Job Title: Lead Quality Engineer

Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Full-time Onsite)

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing specialist guidance and support to the Quality Function whilst ensuring that the Business Unit remains compliant to the local Quality Business Management System
• Conducting specialist Quality activities in accordance with relevant processes and procedures
• Having a working knowledge of and apply the local Management System documentation e.g. policies, procedures, workmanship standards, risk assessments and processes in their related area
• Liaising / interfacing with appropriate areas of the business and build effective relationships
• Understanding of Quality objectives
• Producing written reports and presentations ensuring accuracy and clarity of meaning

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Computer system skills – Microsoft Office, SharePoint and SAP
• Expert in the use Problem solving Tools and Techniques Including 8D, DMAIC etc
• Ability to produce data and Analyse Trends enabling improvement opportunities to be identified

Desirable:

• Submarine Business knowledge
• Reporting skills

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Quality Assurance Team:

As a Lead Quality Engineer, you will be part of a team supporting the Astute and Dreadnought programmes. There is responsibility for ensuring that the Business Unit remains compliant to the local Quality Business Management System.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work with a range of both internal and external stakeholders, working with a wide range of suppliers who produce all products for the submarine programmes within a fast paced environment.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 14th March 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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