Quality Lead: Shipbuilding Programme Excellence (Hybrid)

Nuclear Inst; Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension & life assurance

Digital GP & health checks

Employee shopping portal

Payment of professional fees

Reservists leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Quality Lead at its Rosyth site to shape the quality function for a major international shipbuilding programme. You will establish governance, assurance frameworks and compliance processes across the UK and overseas operations, driving continuous improvement and strong quality culture.

Day-to-day, you’ll develop and maintain quality plans, lead oversight of suppliers and delivery teams, and act as the main quality contact for customers and auditors.

Qualifications

• Senior quality leadership experience in shipbuilding, marine, manufacturing, or complex engineering.
• Strong knowledge of QMS, auditing methods, and continuous improvement.
• Experience creating quality plans, governance, and assurance across large programmes.
• Knowledge of certification, regulatory and classification body requirements.
• Experience managing supplier quality and cross-functional influence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain programme quality plans, assurance processes and governance.
• Lead quality oversight across suppliers, subcontractors and delivery teams.
• Act as the primary contact for quality with customers, auditors and stakeholders.
• Monitor quality performance via audits, inspections, and corrective actions.
• Build and mentor quality teams and foster a strong quality culture.

Skills

Quality leadership

Quality management

Auditing

ISO 9001 knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Supplier quality

Education

Engineering degree

Lead Auditor qualification

Quality management cert

Job description

Babcock is seeking a Quality Lead at its Rosyth site to shape the quality function for a major international shipbuilding programme. You will establish governance, assurance frameworks and compliance processes across the UK and overseas operations, driving continuous improvement and strong quality culture.

Day-to-day, you’ll develop and maintain quality plans, lead oversight of suppliers and delivery teams, and act as the main quality contact for customers and auditors.