Quality Delivery Lead

Babcock International; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check via Aviva

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping portal

Payment of professional fees

10-days reservist leave

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear in Warrington is seeking a Quality Delivery Lead to drive quality governance across major international nuclear programmes. The role involves leading a growing team of quality professionals, overseeing audits, non-conformances, supplier quality activities, and continuous improvement initiatives, with hybrid working and two days per week in the office.

This part-time, permanent position requires strong ISO 9001 knowledge, proven leadership in regulated environments, and

Qualifications

• Quality leadership experience within the nuclear sector or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience leading quality teams across large-scale manufacturing and construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems and quality governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a growing team of quality professionals across multiple projects and programmes.
• Drive quality governance and promote a positive quality culture across manufacturing and construction activities.
• Manage audits, quality plans, non-conformances and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee supplier quality activities, including supplier visits and manufacturing inspections.
• Collaborate with engineering, project management, procurement teams and customers to ensure regulatory and programme compliance.

Skills

Quality leadership

Nuclear/regulatory industry

Supplier quality

Quality governance

Audits and continuous improvement

Education

Higher National Certificate / Diploma in Engineering or Quality

Job description

Job Title: Quality Delivery Lead

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Part Time / Permanent

Role ID: SF 75351

Shape Quality Excellence on Major International Nuclear Projects

At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Delivery Lead at our Warrington site.

The role

This is an opportunity to take a leading role within a major international nuclear programme, supporting critical projects that contribute to global energy security and infrastructure development.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Leading and developing a growing team of quality professionals across multiple projects and programmes.
• Driving quality governance and promoting a positive quality culture across manufacturing and construction activities.
• Managing audits, quality plans, non-conformances and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Overseeing supplier quality activities, including supplier visits and manufacturing inspections.
• Collaborating with engineering, project management, procurement teams and customers to ensure compliance with regulatory and programme requirements.

This is a part-time, permanent role based at our Warrington site. Hybrid working patterns are available, with an expectation to attend the office two days per week.

Essential experience of the Quality Delivery Lead:

• Quality leadership experience within the nuclear sector or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting large-scale manufacturing and construction projects.
• Proven experience leading, mentoring and developing quality professionals.
• Experience managing supplier quality activities and working directly with suppliers and subcontractors.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems and quality governance principles.

Qualifications for the Quality Delivery Lead:

• Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or a related discipline.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national and able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security 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

We're Cavendish Nuclear - a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we're shaping a future that lasts - not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, 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: 29/09/2026