Quality Leader

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Job Title: Quality Leader

Location: Cumbria (with UK wide travel)

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.

Quality Engineering Team

SQA has been subject to a number of historical issues and improvements have been made. SQA has responsibility for assurance across suppliers and the diversity makes this a challenging and interesting role.

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.

Job

Quality

Primary Location

GB-ENG-CMA-Barrow-in-Furness

Other Locations

GB-ENG-Devonshire-Plymouth, ENG-Birmingham, GB-ENG-Bristol, GB-Various-Various-Home, ENG-Brighton and Hove, ENG-Southampton, GB-ENG-LDN-London, GB-ENG-HAM-Portsmouth

Closing Date

30/Jun/23, 5:59:00 PM