Quality Technician

Job Description

Job Title: Quality Technician

Location: Washington, Tyne & Wear

Salary: £37,935

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the day-to-day manufacture of products and the delivery of our Manufacturing schedule
• Responsible for daily quality checks ensuring product meets customer requirements
• Maintaining a measurement, inspection and calibration system
• Measuring a range of products using first principle measurement techniques
• Programme and use of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs)

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Time served apprenticeship with experience in the manufacturing industry
• Working knowledge of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs)
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Ability to work shifts if necessary

Desirable:

• Similar industry experience

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 team:

As a Quality Technician, you will ensure our that products and processes on site comply with the relevant requirements of the quality management system and that product quality meets or exceeds the customer requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team in a role where every day is different working on a variety of products due to the continued expansion across our Land UK sites with BAE Systems securing new orders for the supply of munitions to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).

Supporting the Armed Forces with the most advanced munitions capabilities in the world is one of the most exciting career moves you could make. Join us and be part of a team that gives our customers a strategic edge on the battlefield by designing, manufacturing and maintaining some of their most vital equipment.

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: 7^th April 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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