Quality Leader

Job Title: Quality Leader

Location: Cumbria (with UK wide travel) – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What You’ll Be Doing

• Understanding and deploying quality process improvement techniques to ensure that continuous improvement is maintained with in the BAE Systems Supply Chain
• Managing and taking responsibility for a portfolio of suppliers and all quality related activities (QA, QC, Inspection) without daily supervision and can deputise for the Quality Manager when the need arises
• Highlighting any adverse trends, recommending, and initiating corrective actions to ensure effective closure
• Mentoring a small group of Quality professionals as and when required
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• HND/ equivalent qualification or experience within Engineering/Manufacturing
• Expert understanding of problem-solving Quality tools & techniques e.g. 5Whys, Ishikawa, 8D
• A good working knowledge of Lean manufacturing/Six Sigma/ Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Previous experience within a Supplier Assurance Quality role
  
  

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 Management Team

The role of the Quality Lead is to manage and develop the team to achieve a scope of work to ensure that the Business Unit remains compliant to the local Quality Business Management System. You will provide guidance and support to more junior members of the department and be able to carry out complex Quality activities in accordance with relevant processes and procedures.

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: 9th April 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.