Supplier Quality Specialist

Job Title:              Supplier Quality Specialist
Location:              Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF63860

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 Supplier Quality Specialist.

The role
As a Supplier Quality Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting role within the Babcock International Group Supply Chain Quality team, which forms a key part of the Group Procurement & Supply Chain Assurance function. This role supports the maintenance and continuous improvement of the global approach to Supply Chain Quality Assurance, both within the UK and internationally.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible to Principal Supplier Quality Specialist, the Supplier Quality Specialist will support supply chain Quality Assurance activities across Babcock’s Nuclear, Marine, Land & Mission Systems sectors.

• Monitoring the performance of our processes and arrangements to ensure they meet our desired outcomes including maintenance of the tools and systems used to record supplier engagements (training will be provided)
• Supporting the supplier quality defect management process, including investigation, supplier engagement and resolution of issues
• Supporting the performance monitoring and management of suppliers through the collation and analysis of performance data to aid in our risk-based approach to supplier engagement
• Supporting the function in the onboarding of new suppliers through the review of all new supplier requests against defined decision criteria
• Undertaking reviews of key certification and supporting in Special Process Approval

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with occasional travel to various Babcock sites and supplier premises.

Essential experience of the Supplier Quality Specialist:

• Awareness of Quality Assurance and Control
• Confident and competent in engaging with stakeholders
• Good communication skills, with the ability to present findings to small groups
• Computer literate with good capabilities in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications, (including Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• Experienced in business systems and processes

Qualifications for the Supplier Quality Specialist:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent within a STEM subject.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
   

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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: 15/05/2025