Principal Quality Engineer

Job Description

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: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Travelling across England and conducting specialist Quality activities including containment activities within the supply chain in accordance with relevant processes and procedures
• Providing specialist guidance and support to the Quality Function whilst ensuring that the Business Unit remains compliant to the local Quality
• Business Management System
• Managing own tasks, delivering results, identifying and anticipating risk and escalating problem areas
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in own specialist area, leading improvement initiatives across the Business Unit and supply chain to drive Quality performance
• Managing own development

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Computer system skills – Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and SAP
• Problem solving Tools and Techniques Including 8D, DMAIC etc
• Inspection Experience
• Ability to produce data and Analyse Trends
• HNC qualified or equivalent qualification/experience

Desirable:

• Lead audit Qualified to ISO 9001:2015
• Reporting skills
• Submarine business knowledge

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 Engineer team:

As a part of Quality Engineer Team, you will be supporting the Astute, Dreadnought and SSNR programmes. Responsibility for ensuring that the Business Unit remains compliant to the local Quality Business Management System. 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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation

Closing Date: 13th September 2024

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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