Job Description
Job Title: Quality Manager - FTC until 31st March 2024
Location: Plymouth, UK - Hybrid working from home options available
Compensation: £55,000 + benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF49672
Amplify your impact
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 Quality Manager at our Devonport, Plymouth 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.
The difference our new Quality Manager will make:
As a Quality Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will support Babcock with delivering our purpose of creating a safe and secure world together through the production and manufacture of high-performance military vehicles (Jackal), either directly or within supporting roles.
This is an exciting opportunity to support Babcock with delivering our purpose of creating a safe and secure world together through the production and manufacture of high-performance military vehicles (Jackal), either directly or within supporting roles.
The Jackal vehicles are designed to protect military personnel serving in volatile environments and can protect against roadside explosions and mine attacks.
We are seeking highly motivated, positive individuals to join our team.
Day to day, you will ensure the team work collaboratively with all operational teams, ensuring interfaces are working and there is a cohesive leadership approach across the Land Defence Business areas and functions and wider Babcock Group to establish a culture of evaluation and improvement.
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 4 days working onsite with the option of 1 day working from home.
Essential experience:
Demonstrable experience and success at a senior level in quality leadership, governance, assurance, evaluation and improvement in an engineering environment
Understanding of the customer context and requirements with regards to quality governance, assurance, evaluation and improvement
Strong commercial awareness
Excellent interpersonal skills with experience of representing the business at a senior level for both customer and internal key business meetings.
Exceptional leadership skills demonstrating collaborative working and leadership and strong performance management of mobile and remote teams
Competent PC user (MS Office, MS Outlook, SharePoint, ERP system
Practical knowledge and experience of quality management standards including ISO9001 and AQAP2110
What we offer
Generous benefits including:
25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
Open to flexible working and alternative work patterns
Matched contribution pension scheme up to 6% with life assurance
Training and development opportunities
Wellbeing centre supporting physical, mental and financial well-being
Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
Autonomy trusted and empowered to be at your best
Babcock International
For over 130 years, we have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.
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: 27th March 2023
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