Head of Product Assurance Weapon Systems UK - Maritime

MBDA Missile Systems; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense organization is seeking a Head of Product Assurance to lead the UK Maritime team in quality assurance activities. This role offers a hybrid working model and involves extensive engagement with both customers and suppliers, ensuring quality standards are met. Candidates are expected to have a strong background in Engineering or Quality Assurance, as well as critical problem-solving skills. Competitive salary and benefits provided.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 27% of base salary

Car Allowance: £300 per month

Private Medical Insurance

Pension contribution of up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals and free car parking

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance.
• Experienced quality professional in engineering with a record in Quality Assurance.
• Practitioner of current QA problem solving and improvement methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC).

Responsibilities

• Primary Quality Authority for Maritime WS, ensuring alignment with MBDA process requirements.
• First point of contact on all Quality issues.
• Accountable for team performance and results.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Critical thinking

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Management of quality tools

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance

Tools

Excel

SAP QM system

Job description

Overview

A phenomenal opportunity to join the quality assurance group as the leader for the Weapon System (WS) UK Maritime team. This is a new role due to the continued success and expansion of the business.

Salary: Circa £70,000 depending on experience

Location: Bristol or Stevenage (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2–3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 27% of base salary
• Car Allowance: £300 per monthly allowance
• Private Medical Insurance: Company funded for individual cover
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave - enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity: This position will be critical for the development of the UK Weapon System team to ensure we have a team to support the future demands. As a Head of Product Assurance you will be providing leadership for the quality assurance activities & performance of the UK Weapon System team. This is an outstanding opportunity to network with and see a large variety of MBDA's functions and activities across all sites, giving you the chance to be involved with working on multi-national projects, at different phases of the lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Primary Quality Authority for Maritime WS, reporting into the Head of UK WS assuring activities align with MBDA process requirements and contractual standards.
• First point of contact on all Quality issues including primary quality interface with the Customer.
• Fully accountable for performance and results of the team, including workload forecast and recruitment.
• Working with senior collaborators across the business to ensure the team align strategies to deliver business objectives.
• Managing external relationship with multiple Customers/Suppliers to ensure quality expectations are delivered.
• Influencing senior management and stakeholders to proactively mitigate quality risks.
• Management of a multi-national Quality Network.
• Balancing the demands of the business while supporting operational activities in the development of robust performance measures, using your own initiative to continually improve and find better ways of working.
• Managing the demands across two different directorates.
• Develop team capability - understand team capabilities and develop training plans to support the team members ability to support the business, ensure a succession plan is established.

Qualifications

• Ideally minimum HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance field
• Experienced quality professional, preferably from within an engineering subject area with a consistent record in Quality Assurance.
• Practitioner of current QA problem solving and improvement methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.)
• Experienced with the management of quality tools
• Critical thinker, with strong analytical skills; ability to run reports in Excel, use SAP QM system, and document management tools

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