Quality Assistant

Babcock International; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider in Warrington is seeking a Quality Assistant to support quality assurance in critical defense projects. The role involves liaising with engineers, preparing reports, and tracking quality metrics. Candidates should have strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, with a minimum of GCSEs in English and Maths. This full-time position offers a hybrid working arrangement and a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

Be Kind Day for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Liaise with Quality Assurance Engineers to update audit programme.
• Support the team in preparing reports for quality reporting.
• Track progress on quality-related actions and commitments.
• Assist in planning quality assurance activities.
• Escalate quality-related matters as needed.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Data handling

Attention to detail

Record-keeping accuracy

Discretion with sensitive data

Education

Minimum GCSEs in English and Maths

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Quality Assistant

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66122

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Assistant, based at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role

As a Quality Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be supporting our quality team in delivering excellence across critical defence projects. This role is vital to ensuring our operations meet the highest standards of quality assurance and control. You’ll be part of a team that helps safeguard national interests and contributes to a safer world.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Liaise with Quality Assurance Engineers to update the internal audit programme and non-conformance register.
• Support the team in preparing reports and correspondence aligned with the project quality reporting calendar.
• Follow up on quality-related actions and commitments, ensuring accurate progress tracking.
• Assist in planning and delivering quality assurance activities including meetings, workshops, and communications.
• Escalate quality-related matters to the Quality Management team for resolution.

This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, based at Warrington, Cheshire, with flexible working patterns available depending on your location.

Essential experience

• Strong organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Experience supporting meetings and handling data for reporting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications including Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent attention to detail and record-keeping accuracy.
• Ability to handle sensitive data with discretion and in line with classification protocols.

Qualifications

• Minimum GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date

02/10/2025

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