Senior Quality Engineer, Goods Inwards

Job Title: Senior Quality Engineer - Goods Inwards
Location: Leicester, UK - Hybrid - working from home options available
Compensation: Competitive salary + benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 49923

Be where you matter

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 Senior Quality Engineer - Goods Inwards at our Whetstone site.

As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers' defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

Mission Systems

The Senior Quality Engineer - Goods Inwards role is based within our Mission Systems business area.

Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers' needs.

The role

The difference our new Senior Quality Engineer - Goods Inwards will make

As a Senior Quality Engineer - Goods Inwards, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Your key focus will be to coordinate the activities of Whetstone Goods Inwards quality function, ensuring inspection backlogs and turnaround times are within the organisation targets.

Day to day, you'll carry out goods inwards quality activities, ensuring it meets production, project, procurement, and customer requirements. You'll support the Whetstone production site by conducting audits and driving corrective and preventative action and participate / support customer and regulatory audits as and when required. You'll also participate in non-conformance reports, 5 WHY, 4C and 8D investigations and support the business by identifying improvement opportunities and supporting initiatives to provide a "best in class" service.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you'll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 1 day in the office and 4 days working from home.

Essential experience

* Degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject or Engineering based apprenticeship or equivalent experience.
* Member of the Chartered Quality Institute, or similar
* Significant experience in a quality related role
* Lean awareness.
* Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, procedures and supporting documentation.
* You must be able to achieve SC clearance

What we offer

Generous benefits including:
* Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
* Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
* Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
* Our Big Benefit Platform allows you to make your money go further, with discounts from over 850 retailers.
* Employee Share Plan
* Professional memberships, personal development training an opportunities
* STEM ambassador training and volunteering opportunities
* Working from home and flexible work patterns
* Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
* Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
* Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your training commitments.

Application Guidance

All applications should be made online. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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.

Closing date: 24/03/2023

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