Job summary

Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?

Key skills required for this role

Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Assurance, Quality, Leadership, Management

Important

Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Assurance, Quality, Leadership, Management

Job description

Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance *minimum 5 years UK residency*

Working: Possible Flexible and some remote working potentials.

Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?

The company have a number of awards, most recently been named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!

Responsibilities:

• Management of Quality Assurance / Product Assurance Activities
• Performing and/or coordinating the Quality Assurance / Product Assurance activities for Maritime in the UK.
• Perform Supply Chain Quality Assurance activities.
• Management of Work Packages, ensuring the quality activities are performed in line with schedule, budget and specification.
• Document and manage Changes and Deviations of projects.
• Supporting bid teams by reviewing product and quality assurance requirements, creating or amending product assurance procedures in line with the bid requirements and preparing the estimates.
• Contribute to Project Risk Management.
• Support internal and external audit, including sub-contractors and suppliers'.
• Ensure compliance to alert and veto processes in their projects.
• Responsibility for the development and implementation of the Systems Quality Management (BMS/QMS) Systems for end-to-end product lifecycle.
• Develop and implement appropriate Business Quality Strategy, Objectives and KPI's, ensuring these are cascaded throughout the business with training needs identified and fulfilled.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring of business adherence to Policy, Procedure and all relevant legislature and regulatory requirements, highlighting potential concerns and recommending areas of improvement.
• Ensure receipt of all necessary certifications to undertake manufacturing operations, including leadership and management of all necessary audits.
• Assist to develop new test facilities and support updates to current in-service equipment that support delivery of business objectives.

Experience needed:

• Suitable experience in a quality compliance leadership role
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to drive for results and delivery focused, with good attention to detail and able to prioritise the team / tasks.
• Aptitude to create and drive strategies, creating clarity our of complexity and address route causes.
• Ability to drive engagement across a large business.
• Executive-level communication and influencing skills with the ability to resolve issues.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously whilst able to motivate others.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability leading collaborative groups with ability to provide clear and concise and feedback.

Desirable:

• Preferable experience in defence industry.
• Qualifications in lean, six sigma, change / project management.

For full information, please get in touch!