Job Title: Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: Warrington, Bristol or Newbury + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58552
At Cavendish Nuclear 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 Assurance Engineer, at either our Warrington, Bristol or Newbury sites.
The role
As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll provide functional advice, guidance and support to the business on all matters related to the delivery of an effective assurance programme, ensuring outputs meet customer and regulatory requirements.
- Day-to-day, the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for providing a 'key' support role to the Quality Manager and acting as their deputy covering agreed delegated duties and being a point of contact in times of their absence.
- Provides support to the Quality Manager/Senior Quality Manager [where appropriate] in the review of Quality Plans
- Delivering coaching, advice and support in relation to quality activities in support of overall business delivery 3. Supports and advises the organisation on planning to meet standards relevant to its activities particularly those specific to new projects and activities
- Provides advice and guidance on the findings of independent assurance activities and reports to the organisation on levels of compliance, recommending corrective and preventive actions as appropriate
- Identifies risks and opportunities associated with the organisations processes, products and services
- Ensuring Supplier quality arrangements are reviewed and approved / accepted in accordance with project requirements, including Customer approvals, e.g. up-front manufacturing documentation
This role is full time OR part time, 37 hours per week provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
- Have a proven track record gained within a similar role in a highly regulated industry such as Aerospace, Defence, Automotive, Manufacturing etc.
- Good working knowledge of all relevant quality standards and requirements
- Ability to investigate events using industry best-practice causal analysis tools
Qualifications for the Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. 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.
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