Full-Time DE&S Quality Assurance Engineer
Job Description
Salary
£38,250 – £45,000
Job description
Are you a Quality Assurance (QA) Professional seeking an exciting and challenging role?
The Defence Quality Assurance Field Force (DQA-FF) is the primary organisation within MOD for the delivery of Government Quality Assurance Surveillance (GQAS) during all phases of defence capability acquisition.
GQA provides confidence to the Acquirer that contractual requirements related to quality are performed effectively. This is achieved through the deployment of subject matter experts who apply GQAS techniques within the defence supply chain throughout the project life cycle. These techniques are applied at Management System, process or product level, and are based on an assessment of the supplier’s capability and performance.
The successful Quality Assurance engineer will be a Section Leader for 4 GQA engineers based at Leonardo Helicopters, Yeovil, Somerset – conducting surveillance primarily on Helicopter manufacture/modification/repair/overhaul contracts as well as surveillance at other suppliers in the geographic area.
Experience of engineering quality assurance in a fixed wing or rotorcraft environment would be advantageous. Part of the role will include undertaking Flight Authorisation Certification duties in accordance with Def Stan 05-100 and Defence Condition 638.
The post will include duty travel with UK with occasional overnight stays.
The MoD operates a QA Licencing scheme and an applicant will be expected to work towards attaining a MOD QA licence within 2 years of joining.
What you will be assessed against
• Level 4 qualification or higher, e.g HND or can demonstrate suitable experience in a Quality Assurance environment.
• Applied knowledge of Quality Assurance within the engineering acquisition environment supported by expertise in multiple QA specialist areas including Configuration Management.
• Breadth of industry/manufacturing and Quality Assurance experience gained from involvement with multiple projects and domains including supply chain engagement.
It would benefit your application should you be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
• Chartered Quality Professional (CQP), Quality Practitioner or has demonstrated equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following technical competencies:
• Acquisition Assurance
• Quality Improvement
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
• Leadership
• Communicating and influencing
What’s in it for you?
Cutting-edge engineering and science is a critical component in delivering modern, battle-winning technologies to all branches of the armed forces. Engineering is the largest business area within DE&S – and it’s one of the most fulfilling too. From managing technical risks, engineering resources and services, to defining and assuring best practice, our engineers are exemplars both within DE&S and our industry partners and professional bodies.
Responsibilities
As a Quality Assurance SME the successful candidate will be responsible for leading a small team of Quality Assurance Engineers.
The successful incumbent day-to-day responsibilities including:
• Ensuring supplier quality risks and opportunities are captured and actively managed.
• Contributing to the specification of contract quality requirements and supplier selection.
• Determining quality assurance approaches with suppliers and ensuring technical risks are understood and managed.
• Development of QA surveillance and assurance plans in response to supplier, supply chain and technical risks.
• Conducting and management of the delivery of QA surveillance in support of risk management, supplier oversight/assurance, verification, validation and acceptance of complex defence equipment.
• Contributing to Quality investigations, root cause analysis, internal process performance improvement activities and supplier escalations/interventions.
• Coordinating and monitoring all supplier assurance activities including contract quality performance.
Elements of this role are hands on and there will be a requirement to carry out activities within a manufacturing environment, which will involve working at height and in confined spaces.
Due to security requirements this post is only open to SOLE UK NATIONALS.
What you will be assessed against
To be found successful you must demonstrate the following essential criteria:
• Level 4 qualification or higher, e.g HND or can demonstrate suitable experience in a Quality Assurance environment.
• Applied knowledge of Quality Assurance within the engineering acquisition environment supported by expertise in multiple QA specialist areas including Configuration Management.
• Breadth of industry/manufacturing and Quality Assurance experience gained from involvement with multiple projects and domains including supply chain engagement.
It would benefit your application should you be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
• Chartered Quality Professional (CQP), Quality Practitioner or has demonstrated equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following technical competencies:
• Acquisition Assurance
• Quality Improvement
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
• Leadership
• Communicating and influencing
What’s in it for you?
You will receive a generous benefits package including market leading employer pension contributions of around 21% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you where possible, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with opportunity for movement and promotion. Some of our sites include an onsite gym, onsite restaurants, cafes and much more.
Find out more about what we offer by clicking here or by using ‘The Little Book of Big Benefits’ booklet PDF at the bottom of this page.
Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
About your team
Cutting-edge engineering and science is a critical component in delivering modern, battle-winning technologies to all branches of the armed forces. Engineering is the largest business area within DE&S – and it’s one of the most fulfilling too. From managing technical risks, engineering resources and services, to defining and assuring best practice, our engineers are exemplars both within DE&S and our industry partners and professional bodies.
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