Project Quality Assurance Lead

Job Title: Project Quality Assurance Lead

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: £50,818 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• You will manage and take responsibility for quality-related activities within a portfolio of projects including quality planning, Life Cycle Management without daily supervision
• Work with Supplier Quality and Control Teams to achieve quality activities required in Project Plans, to allocated budget(s)
• Identify any adverse trends, recommending, and initiating corrective actions within the project and reporting to the wider business
• Understand and deploy quality process improvement techniques to ensure that continuous improvement is maintained within the projects
• Mentor a small team of Quality professionals as and when required, and support other members of the overall Quality Team
• Maintain compliance to Business Unit’s local Quality Business Management System and Project Quality Plans
• Promotion of the value of Quality throughout the Business and Projects

Your skills and experiences:

• Previous experience in a Quality Assurance role, including quality planning, costing and good business acumen
• Experience working to quality Standards e.g. ISO9001, ISO10005
• A good working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA), and Advanced Production Quality Planning (APQP)
• Understanding of Life Cycle Management and Stage Gate Review processes
• Data Analytics, business reporting and risk management experience

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 Project & Supplier Quality team:

You will be working within the Quality team, which is a small and dynamic team, split into various parts – Project, Supplier, Control and compliance, working across multiple sites. The team is small, working with existing projects and manufacturing.

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.

#LI-AB1

#LI-Hybrid