Lead Quality Auditor

Rolls-Royce; Derby; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in Derby is seeking a Lead Quality Auditor to conduct internal and external audits. You will provide leadership on quality assurance and work closely with business areas to achieve a goal of Zero Defects. The ideal candidate has professional qualifications and experience in the aerospace industry. This position offers competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified with experience in quality and aerospace industry.
• Broad knowledge of product through the life cycle.
• Knowledge of airworthiness regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and conduct audits internally and externally.
• Co-ordinate quality-related risk assessment for yearly supplier audit program.
• Monitor audit NCR's and corrective actions.
• Perform auditor training and establish training material.
• Lead improvement projects to improve auditing capability.

Skills

Quality auditing

Experience in aerospace industry

Influencing skills

Customer relationship management

Education

Professional qualification in quality

Job description

Job Description

Lead Quality Auditor
Full Time
Derby/Hybrid

What you will be doing:

We are currently recruiting for a Lead Quality Auditor. This role is a core part of the Civil Aerospace Quality and Assurance function based in Derby. In this role, you will be expected to complete Audits within our Rolls Royce domestic facilities and our suppliers as either a lead or support auditor. This role supports our Civil, Defence and Aftermarket business and will provide a fantastic development opportunity.

The role will provide leadership, expertise, and direction on Quality to the aligned business area through a strategy of Assure, Protect and Enable, so that the business can achieve its goals, enhance its reputation and deliver customer satisfaction.

You will foster strong working relationships across all functions, you will help enable the aligned business to deliver the goal of Zero Defects through the continuous feedback of audit findings and themes, reducing the risks from technical, human and organisational factors to our products.

Responsibilities
You’ll be conducting auditing work:

• Lead and conduct audits internally and externally

• Co-ordinate the quality-related risk assessment of the business areas in preparation of the yearly supplier audit program

• Monitor audit NCR's and corrective actions, working closely with the business to drive robust closure

• Perform auditor training, including theoretical and practical coaching of trainees and already authorised auditors. Establish training material for qualification of auditors (e.g. SABRe, AS13100, KMS, AS9100, RRMS)

• Lead improvement projects to continue to improve capability in all areas of Audit and achieve Assurance KPI's and targets.

Why Rolls-Royce?
Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for:
Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Professionally qualified with relevant experience in quality and aerospace industry

• Ideally, have a broad knowledge of product through the life cycle

• Have knowledge of airworthiness regulations

• Experience of influencing and building relationships at different levels

• Ability to influence and assess the related Quality implications in a challenging operational environment

• Willing and able to conduct regular travel within the UK and overseas is essential to this role

• Well developed customer and relationship management skills to work as part of the Business and Quality Leadership team, and with other internal and external stakeholders and other Industry bodies

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Job Category Quality Posting Date 04 Aug 2025; 00:08 Posting End Date 14 Aug 2025