Quality Engineer

Job Title:              Quality Engineer
Location:              Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF59670

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Engineer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role
As a Quality Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll support the Manufacturing Quality Assurance Manager / Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in the day-to-day Quality support of the Production Facilities, ensuring delivered product meets the customer requirements for Quality, Cost and On Time Delivery.

Day-to-day, you’ll support the activities of the Quality team, ensuring production and customer requirements are maintained by supporting Production. Conducting audits and driving corrective and preventative action.  

• Undertake internal surveillance and spot audits on the production facility to ensure compliant product and compliance with our Building Management System (BMS) system.  
• Identification and control of Non-conformance from Containment to preventative action including trend monitoring, conducting/supporting investigations and working closely with the supply chain quality team to prevent supplier escapes into the business.
• Formally review and approve activities, work or documentation, in accordance with the appropriate regulatory, policy and procedural obligations. Including documentation pack sign off and product verification.
• Monitor performance against departmental or organisational goals and use appropriate tools and techniques to drive improvement.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Quality Engineer

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, procedures and supporting documentation.
• Report, Procedure writing skills.
• Ability to analyse data and produce trend charts to aid Lean Activity. 
• Knowledge of workshop protocols.
• Good understanding of IT office systems (word, excel, outlook, power point).

Qualifications for the Quality Engineer

• HNC/HND (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject or Engineering based apprenticeship or equivalent experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
 

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• Potential to develop skills
• Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 04/10/2024