Defence Quality Bids Lead – 4-Day Week

Mane Contract Services; Ampthill; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Mane Contract Services in Ampthill is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer/QA professional to join a commercially focused bid team. You will ensure quality requirements are understood, costed and integrated into competitive, compliant bids for complex defence programmes.

You will work with Business Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Programme teams to identify quality obligations, risks and resources before contract award, setting programmes up for success from the

Qualifications

• Background in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance or Manufacturing Quality.
• Experience supporting bids, tenders or proposals within Defence, Aerospace or another highly regulated industry.
• Good understanding of AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications and customer requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications, drawings and contractual requirements to determine the quality scope of work.
• Develop and maintain Quality Basis of Estimates (BOEs), ensuring quality activities are accurately planned, costed and resourced.
• Work with Quality SMEs to validate labour hours, inspection requirements and delivery approaches.
• Identify and document quality assumptions, dependencies and exclusions within bid documentation.
• Assess quality-related risks and opportunities, supporting mitigation plans and bid risk reviews.
• Identify tooling, equipment, certifications, training or specialist resources required to deliver customer requirements.
• Represent the Quality function during bid reviews, approval boards and proposal sign-off activities.
• Maintain and improve Quality bid templates, response libraries and reusable proposal content.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align quality requirements with manufacturing capability.

Skills

Quality management

Bids & proposals

AS9100

FAI

APQP

Engineering drawings

Stakeholder management

Manufacturing quality

Tools

SAP

Job description

Mane Contract Services in Ampthill is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer/QA professional to join a commercially focused bid team. You will ensure quality requirements are understood, costed and integrated into competitive, compliant bids for complex defence programmes.

You will work with Business Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Programme teams to identify quality obligations, risks and resources before contract award, setting programmes up for success from the