Quality Engineer

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Warton

Salary: £41,361 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Assuring the business and its customers that suppliers/OEM’s are able to consistently demonstrate compliance to the specific requirements relating to the capability insertion of products, services and processes
• Visiting suppliers in the UK and abroad including KSA to conduct/co-ordinate/support process confirmations, audits and support other functional engagements with suppliers
• Collaborating with a range of external stakeholders and internal stakeholders across business functions, including Procurement, Engineering, and through-life operations
• Responsibility for concisely reporting the outputs of Industrialisation Quality Assurance activities
• Effectively deploying, managing, and administering departmental policies and processes

Your skills and experiences:

• Knowledge of quality requirements for aerospace and defence contracts (e.g. EN9100, Defence Regulations/Standards)
• Audit trained and experienced
• A good communicator with a good level of presentation experience, and the ability to exchange information clearly at multiple levels internally and externally
• Good IT literacy, especially with Microsoft applications
• Ability to adapt, be flexible and to work within a dynamic, changing environment
• The ability to persuade and influence a variety of stakeholder groups

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 Industrialisation Collaboration Quality team:

As a part of the team, you will provide vital support for industrialisation activities within the supply chain team, working collaboratively to develop other sites on an international scale. Our expertise in quality assurance, supply chain coordination, and continuous improvement contributes to the successful implementation of production processes and the establishment of high-quality standards across multiple locations.

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: 6th February 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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