Quality Engineer - Capital Projects

Quality Engineer - Infrastructure Programme

Join an exciting and diverse Infrastructure Programme of multi-Billion GBP investment, over the next 15+ years for the UK Defence sector. Supporting the Project Delivery Teams, you will be the focal point to ensure projects are delivered to the Quality requirements by working with internal and external stakeholders.

Location - Reading / Basingstoke / Hybrid role - flexible working from home available

Salary: Starting at £37,860 Negotiable (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work.
• In addition, 208 hours of holiday each year (equal to at least 25 days leave) plus Bank Holidays.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Key accountabilities of this position include:

• Work collaboratively within Project Teams and the supply chain, delivering new build and re-kit projects
• Assist in embedding a positive Quality Culture from Project Kick-Off to Handover with all stakeholders
• Represent Quality at key stakeholder meetings including design and technical reviews
• Conducting internal project audits
• Engaging with the supply chain for FATs / ITPs, surveillance, and audits
• Providing data to key reporting metrics and KPIs
• Management of NCRs and facilitating Learning from Experience workshops
• Supporting workshops to promote performance improvement
• Review of Lifetime Records to support Handover to facilities

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives; we recognise that great people don't always tick every box. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we welcome your application.

To be successful in this role you should have some of the following skills/experience:

• Ability to engage with key stakeholders
• Wide ranging Quality experience, preferably in a construction project and/or industrial setting
• Relevant BTEC/A-Level or equivalent qualification and/or related experience
• Affiliate of a recognised related professional body, or working towards e.g., CQI
• ISO9001 Internal Auditor trained and relevant audit experience
• Working knowledge of national and international quality standards, e.g., ISO9001
• Identifying opportunities for process and cost efficiencies/improvements
• IT Skills, including use of MS Office software

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