Quality Assurance Manager - Combat Systems
- Employer
- BAE Systems
- Location
- England, Bristol
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- 29 Jan 2019
- Reference
- 56822
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- Discipline
- Aerospace & Aeronautical
- Sector
- Defence
- Job Type
- Engineer
Job Details
Quality Assurance Manager - Combat Systems
Would you like to play a key role in in supporting the Quality provision for our Combat Systems programme? We currently have a vacancy for a Quality Assurance Manager at our site in Filton.
As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will engage with multiple stakeholders to understand quality risks, issues and opportunities across the Type-26 Combat Systems Delivery Team (T26 CSDT), including the supply chain, then set the direction for quality assurance activities and ensure successful delivery through managing a small team of professional quality engineers.
This role will provide you with the chance to work within a constantly evolving and interesting area of our business. This will be a highly visible and impactful role and offers good long term career development prospects.
Your main responsibilities as a Quality Assurance Manager:
Engagement with the Type 26 combat systems management team and individual delivery teams to ensure clear and shared understanding of quality issues, risks and opportunities.
Develop and ensure delivery of quality plans for the programme that address the issues, risks and opportunities, including , ensuring effective application of the Business Management System to T26 CSDT through planning, auditing and continual improvement.
Developing and implementing plans, processes, templates and tools necessary to assure and ensure quality delivery.
Developing and delivering quality engagement plans with suppliers to provide assurances of quality from the supply chain, including supplier audits.
Identifying root causes of quality issues and ensure effective corrective actions are identified, implemented and managed to prevent recurrence.
Ensuring own team adopt, adhere to and, where practicable, improve processes for own team's work.
Representing the quality team on Whole-Ship Quality bodies.
Your skills and qualifications:
Essential
Extensive previous experience in a similar quality assurance position
Experienced ISO 9001 Auditor with the relevant certification
Previous experience in a management or supervisory role
Desirable
Ideally will have experience in Defence, Oil & Gas or Aerospace industries
What we're looking for in you:
You must be resilient with good people management skills and be able to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Excellent communication and influencing skills are key to this role.
Location: Filton
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
BAE Systems
BAE Systems is one of the world's leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries
Combat Systems
We design, develop, integrate and provide through-life support to naval combat systems that enable navies to protect nations. Vital information from ship sensors such as radar and sonar, are captured through our core product, the Combat Management System. This advanced technological capability allows ships crews to rapidly respond to potentially life threatening situations.
In using this cutting-edge technology, we are at the forefront of defence system integration. Our products feature across the Royal Navy's surface fleet aboard Type 23 frigates, Type 45 destroyers and Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The new Type 26 Global Combat Ships, under construction by BAE Systems in Glasgow, will also use the next generation of our combat systems.
Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK naval engineering business. BAE Systems is an equal opportunities employer and our aim is to recruit the very best talent and we welcome applications from a diverse range of people, from all backgrounds, with many different skills, experience and perspectives. Please note we will not use any personal information relating to your background at any stage of the application process
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/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.
Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems.
Company
At BAE Systems we serve, supply and protect those who serve and protect us, in a corporate culture that is performance driven and values led.
We employ a skilled workforce of 89,600 people in more than 40 countries. We help our customers to stay a step ahead when protecting people and national security, critical infrastructure and vital information.
We also work closely with local partners to support economic development through the transfer of knowledge, skills and technology.
Facts and Figures
- Global defence supplier and world-leading innovator
- Established positions in air, maritime and land domains
- Growing position in cyber security
- Principal markets – US, UK, Saudi Arabia and Australia
- 89,600 employees in over 40 countries
- Customers in around 80 countries
- 2020 sales of £20,862m
- £1,700 invested in training per employee in 2020
- £11bn spent with 21,000 directly-contracted suppliers
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