Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Title:            Senior Quality Assurance Engineer  
Location:            Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation:  Competitive + Benefits    
Role Type:         Full Time / Permanent 
Role ID:             SF58931
 
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 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at HMNB Devonport.
 
The Role
As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take a senior role in the quality program in relation to the development and handover of new facilities and infrastructure. 
 
Day to day, you’ll provide support to projects to define appropriate quality requirements whilst advising and guiding project managers. 

• Provide support to projects at an early stage to define appropriate quality requirements  
• Interfacing with and Project Management on project quality related matters
• Review & provide improvements into project deliverable documentation  
• Conducting internal & external audits 
• KPI / metric development & maintenance  
• Represent quality department in weekly Project / Programme meetings when required  

 
Experience for the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer:

• Awareness of quality management systems (BS EN ISO 9001)
• Capable of acting competently, decisively and quickly on quality related issues    
• Strong communication & presentation skills 
• Nuclear sector experience beneficial  

 
Qualifications Required for the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer 

• Educated to HNC / HND level in relevant subject – Desirable
• Recognised professional qualification in Quality Management - Desirable

This role is full time, 35 hours per week, with a hybrid working arrangement, on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard and working from home. 
 
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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
• Autonomy to perform the role
• Opportunities to develop your career

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.

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