Principal Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job title: Principal Quality Engineer

Location: Barrow – 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+ depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for Leading Internal Audits
• Provide support on the development of improvement plans using Six Sigma tools and techniques
• Verify effectiveness of improvement plans
• Hold the business to account to performance metrics/compliance requirements
• Proactively escalate issues in a timely manner
• Creation of learning material and educational aids to form part of learning packages/training
• Support delivery of training material
• Building Cross Functional teams

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Ability to interpret Quality specifications, procedures and contractual requirements i.e. ISO 9001
• Verification / Audit skills
• Experience of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodologies; Fishbone, 5 Why, relationship diagrams, Six Sigma etc
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. 

The Quality Assurance team:

Applicant will be joining a newly formed team which is open to fresh perspectives and innovation, we are purpose driven and everyone’s contribution has an impact. The Mission for the team is to improve accountability for Quality performance by modernising the business’s Quality Assurance (QA) approach through the enhanced implementation, monitoring and continual improvement of the application of the Submarines Operating Framework as an assurance framework.

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: 11^th December 2024

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.