Quality Engineer

Location: Faslane, Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67494

Shape the future of defence engineering

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 Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

As a Quality Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be at the heart of our Fleet Maintenance Projects, ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety across our submarine platforms. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to national defence while developing your career in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

• Applying quality records processes to Fleet Maintenance Projects, including authorising Work Orders and auditing documentation
• Delivering quality improvement projects and supporting supply chain quality assurance
• Conducting investigations and reporting on product safety incidents
• Delivering quality-related training, including Nuclear Submarine QA and Product Safety Awareness courses
• Supporting business areas in line with the Quality Support Model

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday with flexible start and finish times and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

• Using quality management tools and techniques
• Applying risk management and root cause analysis methods
• Experience with ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems is highly advantageous but not essential.

• HNC in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent
• CQI Level 3 Certificate and Chartered Member of CQI - desirable

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 ().

• 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• '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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 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.