Principal Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer – Supplier Improvement

Location: Barrow – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £40,745+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Understanding and deploying quality engineering techniques in new programmes
• Supporting meetings to closely work with suppliers to embed APQP, PPAP, and FAIR processes
• Presentations within the company and suppliers including training and coaching sessions on APQP tools and techniques
• Aiding in developing, maintaining, and managing key collaborative relationships in the business both internally and externally
• Assisting senior leaders & supporting LFE Quality Lessons Learnt forums

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Valid UK Drivers License (extensive travel required for this position)
• APQP, PPAP or FAIR experience preferably in a Manufacturing environment
• Previous experience with Presentations
• Project Management experience
• Analytical Skills (e.g. trend analysis)
• Manufacturing / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering / Quality Engineering or Management experience or Equivalent

Desirable:

• Demonstrable Quality Engineering Project skills (Lean Six Sigma advantageous etc)
• Change Management experience in Manufacturing environment

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 Supplier Improvement Team:

As a member of the Supplier Improvement team, you will be working principally within the SSNA program. Working collaboratively with suppliers, the role will include travelling across the UK to a range of sites and facilities and maintain regular contact with suppliers to help support progressing improvements and streamlining processes. Travel will also be required on occassions with Europe and the rest of the world. There will be opportunities to meet and build relations with senior stakeholders and develop yourself to progress your career with BAE Systems.

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: 19th 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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