Career Opportunities: Quality Control Engineer (59867)

Job Title:        Quality Control Engineer
Location:        Plymouth, Devon
Compensation:    £32,500 - £44,000 Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type:        Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:        SF59867

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 Control Engineer at our Devonport site.

The role
As a Quality Control Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role will have responsibility for assuring that the delivered vehicles meet our expected quality, technical and performance levels.

Day-to-day, you’ll spend time in the production area problem solving, managing and reacting to process defects within the production line.

• Lead problem solving for in process defects , vehicle investigations and non-conforming material                        
• Support root cause analysis and facilitating quality working groups where necessary
• Working collaboratively with all operational teams and land projects, ensuring interfaces are working and there is a cohesive approach across the Project Team to establish a culture of collaboration, evaluation and improvement
• Providing support to the Site Teams for internal and external audits, including audit preparation, attendance at audits where required and providing post audit advice on corrective action plans in the build process
• Providing quality control guidance to the project team, customer and suppliers

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport.

Essential experience of the Quality Control Engineer:

• Understanding of the customer context and requirements with regards to quality control, assurance, evaluation and improvement
• Practical knowledge and experience of quality management standard ISO9001 
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings including Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Ability to use (MS Office, MS Outlook SharePoint)
• Ability to lead problem solving activities utilising industry standard methodologies

Qualifications for the Quality Control 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 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

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: 14/10/2024
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