Principal Quality Engineer
Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: From £40,748 – depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Coordinating and leading audits, assurance and compliance activities, including internal audits and third party certification visits
- Facilitating problem solving and improvement activities
- Facilitating audit findings management (containment, corrective and preventive action)
- Leading/coordinating improvement projects
- Providing consultation support to the business with regard to Management System compliance requirements
Your skills and experiences:
- Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 (or equivalent) Quality management systems compliance standards/requirements
- Strong Stakeholder management across all levels of the business
- Experienced in undertaking internal audits, and Internal QMS auditor qualified
- Experienced in management of audit findings (containment, corrective and preventative action)
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Quality Independent Assurance team:
You will report to Quality Leaders. You will work with an immediate team in quality and manage stakeholders from across the business, at all levels, including stakeholders from third parties (eg. customers and certification bodies).
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: 4th 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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