Senior Quality Manager

BAE Systems.; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Senior Quality Manager to oversee quality assurance activities across their Strategic Manufacturing team. The role involves managing a medium-sized team, ensuring compliance with management systems, and driving quality inspection activities. Candidates should have extensive knowledge of quality processes and relevant qualifications. Attractive benefits and hybrid working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and application of Quality Assurance / Quality Inspection end to end processes.
• In-depth knowledge of Welding/Fabrication/Machining/Painting Processes.
• Lead Auditor qualified ISO 9001.

Responsibilities

• Managing/directing a team of junior managers and staff.
• Leading assurance activities to ensure compliance of the Business Unit's Management System.
• Overseeing budget, performance, and delivery results of a medium-sized team.

Skills

Quality Assurance / Quality Inspection processes

Welding/Fabrication/Machining/Painting Processes

Lead Auditor qualified ISO 9001

Root Cause Analysis

Effective stakeholder management

Job description

Job Title

Senior Quality Manager

Location

UK Wide (West). Contractual location: Barrow-in-Furness/Liverpool. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary

Circa £64,000 + car allowance and bonus (depending on experience)

What you'll be doing

• Managing/directing a team of junior managers and staff
• Leading assurance activities across the Senior Management teams to ensure the Business Unit's Management System (BMS) is compliant
• Providing assurance to the Senior Management team as an SME in a specified Quality discipline
• Overseeing and driving the budget, performance, and delivery results of a medium-sized team
• Managing the governance processes supporting the management of quality aspects, including process audits
• Driving the delivery of critical and complex Quality Assurance/Quality Inspection activities

Your skills and experience

• Extensive knowledge and application of Quality Assurance / Quality Inspection (where applicable) end to end processes/Risk Management
• In-depth knowledge and experience of Welding/Fabrication/Machining/Painting Processes
• Lead Auditor qualified ISO 9001
• Previous experience leading and managing Complex Investigations in Root Cause Analysis/ Continuous Improvement activities (Six Sigma/5 Whys/8D\'s/FMEA/APQP)
• Effective stakeholder management and collaboration (across the Business Unit and customer focused)

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Strategic Manufacturing Team

Join our Strategic Manufacturing team, supporting critical suppliers delivering complex work across the UK. This varied role offers rewarding projects, regular travel, and the chance to contribute to submarine build programmes vital to UK defence for decades ahead. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you\'ll be able to make a real difference. You\'ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you\'ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing date

26th September 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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