Principal Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, On-Site

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

·       Leading and supporting major quality improvement projects

·       Developing new and innovative solutions to long-standing issues

·       Working directly with manufacture and build teams to deliver quality improvement

·       Using industry recognised toolsets such as Six Sigma (training provided)

·       Identifying opportunities for proactive defect prevention

·       Key interface with customer and partners, building customer confidence

 Your skills and experiences:

·       Excellent product knowledge, ideally with a trade background

·       Experience in driving improvements to completion with proven results

·       Proven problem identification and resolution skills in fast-paced environment

·       Knowledge of quality tools including FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, Six Sigma, 8D (investigations)

·       Engineering HNC or equivalent 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 Engineering team:

This role will pioneer a new and exciting approach to Quality, using industry best practice and cutting-edge tools and techniques, to engineering quality into the heart of our programmes.

As part of this role, you will be driving Quality considerations into the consciousness of others and ensuring high standards of outputs are attained and maintained.

 Driving performance through learning and improvement on processes that are of integral importance to product operation and safety is a key part of the quality engineer’s responsibility and therefore there will be opportunity for further training and development in key quality engineering techniques. The team has a strong focus on personal and professional development with opportunities to develop into leadership roles.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 05/12/23

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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