Principal Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Principal Quality Engineer

Location: Barrow in Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £40,748+ Dependent of skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the Supplier Quality Assurance Team (SQA) in Supplier Quality Development
• Facilitating Lean Six Sigma Projects within Supplier Quality Assurance and related business areas
• Working with an expanding team of Continuous Improvement and Project professionals
• Communicating with both internal and external stakeholder to ensure projects are delivered in a timely manner adding value to the business
• Use data, analytics and technology to identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and/or effectiveness of supplier related processes/product

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Working understanding of Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement methodologies including Lean and Six Sigma
• Valid UK Drivers License (extensive travel required for this position)
• Manufacturing and Quality Engineering or Management experience or Equivalent

Desirable

• FAIR, PPAP, MSA, APQP knowledge/experience would be advantageous
• Presentation/teaching/training experience

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Quality Team:

As a Principal Quality Engineer you will be responsible in managing your time around project specific activities, supporting the SQA team where required playing a vital part of the team. You will be a Quality professional capable of managing own tasks and delivering results within specified timelines. Specifically Continuous Improvement/Lean Six Sigma driven you will facilitate projects that are vital to the success of the department/business.

This role will provide you opportunities to develop your career and personal growth. You will represent our quality function and gain exposure of our business and stakeholders.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 2nd January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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