Quality Engineer

Job Title:        Quality Engineer
Location:        Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement (if applicable)
Compensation:    Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:        Full time
Role ID:        SF59019

At Cavendish Nuclear 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 Glasgow site.

The role

As a Quality Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This opportunity will involve working as a Quality Engineer as part of a JV team on the Nuclear Technical Support Provider (NTSP) framework. This 7 year framework, with the option of a further 3 years, will deliver specialist nuclear technical services valued between £250-million to £400-million to support DIO, Navy Command and other MOD organisations.

The framework will support the Clyde Infrastructure Programme (CIP) and wider Royal Navy and defence requirements. Its primary focus will be on delivering the refurbishment and upgrade of critical infrastructure at HMNB Clyde.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide quality assurance support to the business in support of service delivery, with specific emphasis on support to the assurance programme and projects. The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for ensuring that activities (e.g. audits) are undertaken to establish the implementation status of the above arrangements and the reporting of such information.

• Provides advice and support to the business on all aspects of quality, including the delivery of its quality plans, ensuring appropriate quality levels are allocated to control of work activities
• Provides support to the planning, scheduling, conducting and reporting of audits
• Supports the implementation of necessary corrective and preventive actions to remedy any non-compliance found and to avoid recurrence
• Supports the delivery of a continual improvement process across the business
• Monitoring progress against the site quality arrangements, identifying areas of concern to the overall project and where necessary escalate to Line Management

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements. 

Essential experience of the Quality Engineer

• Ability to investigate events using industry best-practice causal analysis tools 
• Good working knowledge of the Customers quality requirements where appropriate
• Have a proven track record preferably gained within a similar role (nuclear experience not a requirement)

Qualifications for the Quality Engineer

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

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

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together. 

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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