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Quality Control Engineer - Electrical Bias - UK Wide

  • Location: Bristol, BS32 4TF
  • Salary: to be discussed
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted 18 days ago

  • Sector: Nuclear, Defence
  • Contact: Kayleigh Bentham
  • Contact Email: kbentham@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01942 323277
  • Duration: 12 month contract
  • Start Date: 29 April 2024
  • Expiry Date: 30 May 2024
  • Job Ref: V-171194

Quality Control Engineer – UK Wide

Our client, a leader in the Nuclear and Defence industries, are now looking for a Quality Control Engineer to support with one of their sites based in either Warrington, Bristol or Newbury.

About the role:

This role exists in order to provide detailed quality assurance support to the project including developing and implementing quality arrangements across all delivery activities.

You would be responsible for ensuring that activities (planning, audits, reviews, assessments) are undertaken to establish the implementation and performance status monitoring of the necessary quality arrangements and the reporting of such information.

This position requires an individual who understands the structure of a Business Management System (BMS) and the project delivery lifecycle.  Is able to review and update or provide input to project delivery management documentation with reference to quality planning control activities.  Is able to support problem solving or improvement activities and against an agreed assurance programme.

Duties will also include but are not limited to:

  • You will provide support to the (Senior) Quality Manager in delivering the projects quality strategy in coordination with the suppliers and delivery partners.

  • Provide advice and support to the business on all aspects of quality, including the production and delivery of its quality planning and control documentation and ensuring appropriate quality levels are allocated to control of work activities.

  • Provide support and advice to the project on planning to meet standards relevant to its activities.

  • Provide support to the reviewing of findings from independent assurance activities.

  • Supports Learning From Experience (LFE) and the delivery of Continual Improvement (CI) processes across the business.

  • Ensure any supply chain quality non-conformances (NCRs) are managed and closed out in a timely manner and supports the implementation of necessary correction and corrective actions to remedy any non-conformity found and to avoid recurrence.

  • Ensure Supplier and partner manufacturing quality arrangements are reviewed and approved / accepted in accordance with project requirements, including Customer approvals.

  • Monitoring performance and progress against the site quality arrangements, identifying areas of concern to the overall project and where necessary escalate to Line Management.

  • Ensuring the requirements for site and manufacturing lifetime records are clearly identified and that such records are prepared and maintained, including all relevant review and approval activities, concurrently with manufacturing or site activities.


What you will need:

Ideally you will have skills and experience covering the below:

  • Good working knowledge of quality management systems ISO9001:2015 and/or relevant industry derivative e.g. AS9100.

  • Experience gained in a highly regulated, safety critical project delivery environment, e.g. Civil or defence nuclear, defence, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, aerospace or rail.

  • Full Car driving Licence

  • Electrical Engineering Degree (desirable)

  • City & Guilds 2382 18th Edition (desirable)


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