Job Title: Quality Engineer (16-month FTC)
Location: Glascoed, South Wales
Salary: £42,132
What you’ll be doing:
- Ensuring operational compliance to specifications & quality standards e.g. ISO 9001
- Driving and supporting targeted Continuous Improvement activities
- Supporting resolution of quality issues, the internal audit process, and external audits
- Reviewing Shop Floor Records, technical specifications and drawings, inspecting ‘First Off’ items for Quality Department approval and approving Certificates of Conformity
- Monitoring and analysing reject data, presenting information to management
- Energising others to engage in improvement activities, and supporting others in identifying and implementing their own improvements
- Continually improving operating procedures and the QMS (Quality Management System)
Your skills and experiences:
- Qualification in an engineering discipline or time served in an engineering discipline – Engineering, Maths or Science degree or equivalent
- Proven experience within quality management in a manufacturing environment preferably of a similarly highly controlled nature (aerospace, automotive, nuclear, medical devices, etc.)
- Ability to effectively co-ordinate data collection whenever necessary to inform business decision
- Demonstrable experience in Continuous Improvement
- Excellent numeracy and mechanical systems comprehension
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 Operations Quality team:
The Operations Quality Team are here to assure we deliver products and processes which meet the quality requirements of our specifications and standards. Our mission is to find the best possible solutions to quality challenges and implement across our site. This is a fast-paced role with good opportunities to develop and experience what BAE has to offer. This can open doors to the wider business with lots of opportunities to progress your career. The role is very hands on with no day looking the same so adaptability is important.
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: 30th 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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