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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Employer
Undisclosed Company
Location
Plymouth, Devon
Salary
£36966 - £48252 per annum + benefits
Closing date
2 Sep 2022

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Sector
Engineering, Manufacturing
Job Type
Permanent
Hours
Full-time

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Devonport, Plymouth
£39,408 - £48,252 + Benefits
Full Time / Permanent
Role ID: 45033
Be Where You Matter


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 our Devonport site

As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers' defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility

Babcock International and Devonport

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer role is based within our Devonport Royal Dockyard business area.

Working at Devonport puts the best of the South West at your fingertips. Amazing scenery, vibrant towns and numerous leisure opportunities - It's why Devon and Cornwall are such a desirable place to live and work.

Comprising of 14 dry docks, four miles of waterfront and 25 tidal berths, Devonport is the base for numerous surface vessels as well as the base and refit centre for the Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarines. Devonport has also recently been selected as the base port for the Navy's new Type 26 frigates and will become the maintenance centre for the future submarine programme.

For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence Company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.

The role

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll work as the programme quality lead through from start up to handover of new facilities and infrastructure.

Day to day, you'll provide support to projects to define appropriate quality requirements, provide advice to suppliers and subcontractors, ensure LTR's provide effective evidence that design intent has been achieved and interface and provide advice to project managers.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you'll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role provides a hybrid working arrangement with a mixture of days on site and days from home.

Essential experience

  • Knowledge & experience of quality management systems
    * Strong communication & presentation skills
    * Preferably have lead auditor qualification
    * Ideally have managerial experience
    * Have or be able to obtain Full SC security clearance

What we offer

  • Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
    * Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
    * Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
    * Employee share scheme - save tax and national insurance on shares, with 1 free share per 10 purchased
    * Employee shopping savings portal
    * Employment development allowance - £125 per year
    * Payment of Professional Fees
    * Reward and Recognition Scheme linked to Health and Safety
    * Working from home and flexible work patterns
    * Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
    * Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
    * Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

Babcock International
For over 130 years, we have 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. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your training commitments.

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