Defence Quality Lead - Hands-on, Audit & Customer Focus

Supashock Advanced Technologies; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Supashock Advanced Technologies in Adelaide is seeking an experienced Quality Lead to own quality across Defence programs while supporting quality outcomes across the wider advanced manufacturing business.

This senior, hands-on individual contributor role involves auditing, customer engagement, and direct collaboration with engineering and production teams to deliver robust quality outcomes across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive Australian Defence industry experience and understanding of Defence quality expectations.
• Proven ability to own quality across programs and drive audits and corrective actions.
• Experience interacting directly with customers, auditors and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of quality and assurance activities across Defence programs.
• Interpret and apply Defence contractual and quality requirements with customers.
• Prepare for, coordinate and participate in Defence customer, internal, supplier and certification audits.
• Manage audit findings and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Maintain and improve the QMS in line with ISO 9001 and AS9100D.
• Review drawings and technical documentation from a quality perspective.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain to meet quality targets.
• Lead root cause analysis for non-conformances and implement corrective actions.
• Provide hands-on quality support across broader manufacturing operations.

Skills

Defence industry experience

Hands-on leadership

Audits & non-conformance

Education

Engineering or Quality qualification

Tools

ISO 9001 knowledge

AS9100D knowledge

Job description

Supashock Advanced Technologies in Adelaide is seeking an experienced Quality Lead to own quality across Defence programs while supporting quality outcomes across the wider advanced manufacturing business.

This senior, hands-on individual contributor role involves auditing, customer engagement, and direct collaboration with engineering and production teams to deliver robust quality outcomes across the product lifecycle.