Quality Leader

Job Description

Job Title: Quality Leader

Location: Barrow-in-Furness

Salary: £45,628+ depending on skills & experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing continued support and oversight to the Shipyard Capability and Site, Facilities & Infrastructure (SF&I) project activities
• Leading internal audit and reviews across the Shipyard Capability and SF&I project activities, management system processes, Civil Contractor and Sub-Contractor Organisations and suppliers within the parameters of NEC 3 Framework, CDM 2015 Regs and ISO9001:2015
• Management and coordination of the management review process, production, review and amendment of new and existing process and procedural arrangements
• Leading formal investigations and problem-solving
• Ad-hoc quality related tasks in support of the Senior Quality Manager

Your skills and experience:

Essential:

• Experience of complex Engineering projects
• Experience of working in the Nuclear Sector Licence Conditions and Nuclear Safety Case
• Lead Auditor undertaking Supplier Assessment and Surveillance Audits
• Knowledge and working understanding ISO 9001:2015 and embedding Corrective and Improvement actions
• Experience of Document and Records Management

Desirable:

• Knowledge of CEMAR and the requirements for Lifetime Quality Records and their verification

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 Team:

This role offers the opportunity to work with a diverse range of people across multiple industries, delivering innovative capabilities that support the long-term future of the Submarine build programme. You’ll have the chance to bring fresh ideas and improvements to the team, contributing to meaningful change while enjoying strong development opportunities in a dynamic and forward-looking environment. 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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 2nd July 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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