Job Vacancy Quality Engineer

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Glascoed

Salary: £42,132

What you'll be doing:

• Review of quality requirements for new and existing contracts and development of Quality Plans
• Assuring compliance to ISO9001:2015 in business functions such as Central Engineering and Commercial
• Co-ordinating central quality initiatives and activities that span across multiple Land UK sites
• Collecting, monitoring and analysing quality data from across the business functions, to provide insight into operational performance (and co-ordinating communication to employees and management at all levels)
• Overseeing the creation and maintenance of Quality Management Systems within our business functions
• Driving and supporting targeted Continuous Improvement activities
• Supporting resolution of quality issues, the internal audit process, and external audits

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Excellent numeracy, written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge and experience of assuring compliance to ISO9001:2015 within business functions
• Ability to effectively co-ordinate data collection whenever necessary to inform business decision

Desirable:

• Qualification in an engineering discipline or time served in an engineering discipline - Engineering, Maths or Science degree or equivalent
• Proven experience within quality management in a manufacturing business preferably of a similarly highly controlled nature (aerospace, automotive, nuclear, medical devices, etc.)
• Demonstrable experience in Continuous Improvement

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 Central Quality team:

Our Central Quality Team are responsible for co-ordinating quality activities that span across multiple Land UK sites and are responsible for ensuring business functions outside of the manufacturing area (e.g. Central Engineering, Commercial, Procurement, etc.) conform to the requirements of our specifications and standards.

Our Central Quality Team is here to provide all functions with quality leadership and business systems.

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: 3rd December 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.