Engineering Quality Manager

Sierra Nevada Corporation Mission Systems UK; St Athan; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 holidays

Pension scheme 10%/5%

Tusker car scheme

Employee assistance programme

Private medical scheme

Eye care discounts

Life Assurance

Dental health plan

Cycle to work

Sage benefits

Income protection

Job summary

SNC Mission Systems UK in St Athan is seeking an Engineering Quality Manager to lead quality across the engineering lifecycle, from IRAD support through product acceptance. You will be hands-on within Engineering, driving containment, root-cause analysis and improvements while reporting to Assurance to ensure conformity.

We value experience in QA, aerospace/defence domains and a strong QMS background. A Baseline Personnel Security Standard is required and nationality/residency checks apply.

Qualifications

• Relevant Engineering, Quality or technical qualification, or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant Quality Engineering/Assurance experience within a complex engineering environment.
• Experience providing Quality support to Engineering and Projects, including quality planning, nonconformance management and product conformity.
• Experience applying QMS, customer and contractual quality requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and root cause investigation capability.

Responsibilities

• Act as the quality lead for Engineering and assigned projects, providing practical support, independent assurance and constructive challenge across the engineering lifecycle.
• Ensure Engineering, development and project activities are planned and delivered in line with customer, contractual, regulatory, QMS and internal requirements.
• Support design, development, verification, validation, testing, technical reviews, audits, product acceptance and release activities.
• Manage engineering and project nonconformances, including containment, investigation, root cause analysis, corrective/preventive action and verification of effectiveness.
• Support product conformity, Certificates of Conformity, delegated quality sign-off and release evidence, ensuring records are complete, traceable and authorised.
• Ensure engineering changes, concessions, deviations, departures from requirements and quality risks are properly assessed, controlled, recorded and communicated.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Engineering

Root Cause Analysis

QMS

Auditing

Education

Engineering/Quality degree

Job description

We are looking for an Engineering Quality Manager to join us at SNC Mission Systems UK in St Athan. We providetailored mission systems integration and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions for the UK Government and its allies.

Our unique strength is our mission partner approach delivered by people who have first‑hand operational experience. Weunderstand the challenges, have the know-how to overcome them, and work together to succeed.Operating for over a decade, we deliver cutting‑edge capabilities from open‑source intelligence (OSINT) to uncrewed surface vessels and high‑altitude one‑way effectors that deliver true interoperability across all security levels.

As the Engineering Quality Manager, you will operate across the full Engineering lifecycle, from early‑stage IRAD support and concept development through design, development, verification, validation, project delivery and product acceptance.

You will be hands‑on and embedded within Engineering, while retaining an appropriate degree of independence through its reporting line into the Assurance function to identify and manage quality risks, prevent nonconformances, resolve issues effectively and drive continual improvement.

It is an exciting time to join SNC Missions UK as we are expanding, you will get stuck in, supporting the Engineering function and providing independent assurance to make sure we remain compliant, controlled and able to demonstrate conformity.

No two days will be the same as you...

• Act as the quality lead for Engineering and assigned projects, providing practical support, independent assurance and constructive challenge across the engineering lifecycle.
• Ensure Engineering, development and project activities are planned and delivered in line with customer, contractual, regulatory, QMS and internal requirements.
• Support design, development, verification, validation, testing, technical reviews, audits, product acceptance and release activities.
• Manage engineering and project nonconformances, including containment, investigation, root cause analysis, corrective/preventive action and verification of effectiveness.
• Support product conformity, Certificates of Conformity, delegated quality sign-off and release evidence, ensuring records are complete, traceable and authorised.
• Ensure engineering changes, concessions, deviations, departures from requirements and quality risks are properly assessed, controlled, recorded and communicated.

To qualify for the role, it is essential you have:

• Relevant Engineering, Quality or technical qualification, or equivalent professional experience
• Significant Quality Engineering/Assurance experience within a complex engineering environment
• Experience providing Quality support to Engineering and Projects, including quality planning, nonconformance management and product conformity
• Experience applying QMS, customer and contractual quality requirements
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and root cause investigation capability

Ideally, you also have:

• Recognised Quality Management System/ auditing qualification
• Lean, Six Sigma or structured problem-solving qualification
• Experience within defence, aerospace or another highly regulated engineering sector
• Experience with AS/EN 9100, AQAP, DEF STAN and/or defence contractual requirements

What we offer:

• 28 holidays
• Competitive pension scheme (we contribute 10%, you contribute 5%)
• Tusker car scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Employee assistance programme Scheme via TELUS
• Private medical scheme via BUPA
• Discounts on eye tests, glasses and contact lenses
• Life Assurance
• Dental health plan (claim back money towards routine & restorative treatments)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sage employee benefits including high street, health & wellbeing discounts
• Income protection

Please be aware that many roles at SNC MS UK are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

SNC MS UK is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

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