Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Title: Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

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

Grade: GG10

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

Travelling to domestic and occasional international supplier sites to conduct quality surveillance, such as process audits, product audits, PDVIs, and FATs, to ensure contractual compliance and product conformity

Supporting suppliers with their root cause identification and resolution of corrective actions via monitoring of Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs)

Where appropriate, working with suppliers directly to support creation and execution of correction action plans to address process failures

Providing support and assistance to suppliers in their facilitation of Quality Plans and improvement initiatives

Conducting validation audits of new suppliers against requirements

Interfacing and liaising with appropriate areas of the business to ensure work schedules are met and results are effectively communicated and deployed

Generating supplier performance metrics to aid monthly performance monitoring

Planning, coordinating, leading and driving of the supplier audit programme

Building and improving productive and effective relationships with suppliers

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Knowledge/Understanding of Quality Management (e.g. ISO9001 / EN9100 standards)

Clear understanding of how to apply policies, procedures and processes

Application of the full range of quality engineering tools and techniques (e.g. 8D, 5Ys, Fishbone etc)

Ability to use standard IT systems

Communicate with clarity and impact, both in writing and speech, effectively influencing and engaging diverse audiences, with ability to drive and deliver results

Lead Internal auditor – ISO 9001

Desirable:

HNC, Degree, equivalent qualification in engineering, manufacturing or quality

Background in Defence and or the Royal Navy

Membership of the CQI

SAP – ERP Program or similar experience

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 Quality Assurance team:

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer you will be a trusted representative in supplier audits, engaging senior stakeholders, leading cross-functional teams, and driving successful outcomes. Skilled in negotiation, program management, and clear reporting, while building strong supplier and customer relationships and delivering results across boundaries.

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.

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 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.