Supplier Quality Engineer

About the job

Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer
Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58585

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as the Supplier Quality Engineer at Babcock LGE in Rosyth.

Through expert engineering, procurement, project management and aftermarket support - combined with world-leading technologies - Babcock's LGE business future-proofs our customers' assets, allowing improved performance while reducing operational costs and meeting ever-tightening environmental and emission regulations.

The role
The Supplier Quality Engineer will support Strategic and Operational Procurement and Projects departments in the delivery of the components that form LGE's cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems for gas carriers. To provide supplier quality assurance and control, ensuring LGE Supply Chain delivers high quality products in compliance with LGE standards and specifications and that meets our client's needs and contractual requirements while adhering to the applicable rules and regulations of the application, as well as working with suppliers to improve component quality and delivery.

Day to day reporting to the Programme Director and supporting Strategic and Operational Procurement functions, the main responsibility of this role is managing supplier quality for new and existing suppliers. You will also:

• Support Projects team, Operational and Strategic procurement to ensure high quality products and workmanship from our global supply chain.
• Assisting suppliers develop and maintain Component Quality Plans, as necessary.
• Carry out quality system audits of new and existing suppliers.
• Supporting supplier Root Cause Analysis, as required.
• Raise Corrective Action Requests (CAR) and resolve with internal and external stakeholders. Verifying the implementation and effectiveness of supplier correction actions.
• Review and approve supplier related quality documentations for example; ITPs, Quality Plans, welding documentation and welders qualifications.
• Support the Procurement function with risk assessment / due diligence from ISO standards and technical capability.

This role is full time, Monday to Friday and is based in Rosyth with hybrid working arrangements - 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home. This role will require worldwide travels.

Experience of the Supplier Quality Engineer:

• Manufacturing / engineering or technical background with a knowledge of rotating machinery, welding, different grades of steel, ISO standards.
• experience auditing HSEQ internal and external (suppliers / subcontractors) management systems.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems.
• Lead Auditor / Internal Auditor Certificate for QMS ISO 9001 would be beneficial.

Qualifications of the Supplier Quality Engineer:

• Degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent and/or recognised Quality Management qualification.
• Demonstrate experience in a Quality Assurance / Control and/or similar position
• Incident investigation and root cause analysis qualifications.
• Would be advantageous if there was an understanding of marine classification societies or knowledge of gas shipping industry.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS security clearance for this role.

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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• '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
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 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.