Quality Controller

Job title: Quality Controller

Location: Samlesbury – onsite.

Salary: £47,683+ depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring operational compliance to specifications & quality standards e.g. ISO9001
• Driving and supporting a reduction in non-conformance management activities with a zero-defect mindset
• Supporting resolution of quality issues, using root cause analysis tools such as RCCA, 5 Whys, DMAIC, 8D, Six Sigma
• Undertaking the identification and implementation of quality improvement activities agreed within the business area
• Undertaking reviews and reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of quality practices across the business area
• The ability to influence key stakeholders to ensure the correct Quality practices are followed
• Liaising with Customers and suppliers to ensure the zero-defect customer escapes strategy is understood and deployed
• Demonstrate a logical approach to problem solving and must be able to build relationships and influence others at all levels of the organisation

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Quality or Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good understanding of machining operations/tooling

Desirable:

• Experience of using shop floor toolsets such as SFM/SAPCAMS, EDSRS
• Experience dealing with internal and external customers
• Knowledge of AS9100 rev D

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 FCAS Quality team:

As a Quality Controller you will be delivering a broad range of planned quality activities designed to provide assurance to management that quality practices are being effectively deployed across the business area.

This will involve working closely with our Operations and Engineering teams to ensure that the products we manufacture meet customer and regulatory requirements. Ensuring Quality Standards are maintained to the satisfaction of internal and external Customers. Undertake review and reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of quality practices across the business area. Provide guidance, advice and support on all quality related matters.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to train and progress your career within the Quality function.

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: 10th 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.