Senior Quality Manager
Location: Rosyth, Fife, United Kingdom (KY11 2YD)
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite
Role ID: SF71287
Role Overview
Lead Quality Excellence in a Landmark Defence Programme. Lead the quality management strategy across the T31 programme, ensuring that every product, process and service meets the highest standards of safety, integrity and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading and mentoring a team of quality managers and specialists, building a culture of continuous improvement.
- Overseeing quality control and assurance processes to ensure compliance with industry standards and customer requirements.
- Developing and implementing a robust quality management strategy aligned to business and programme goals.
- Driving quality improvement initiatives and identifying risks, ensuring effective mitigations are put in place.
- Working closely with engineering, production, supply chain and regulatory bodies to strengthen quality performance across the programme.
Essential Experience
- Experience in quality management within a shipbuilding or complex engineering environment, in a leadership capacity.
- Strong background in quality control or assurance within sectors such as naval, aerospace, manufacturing or automotive.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams, influence stakeholders and drive change.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities, with a data‑driven approach.
- Proficiency in quality management systems and continuous improvement methodologies.
Qualifications
- Chartered Quality Professional or equivalent professional certification – Desired
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑day special paid leave
- Holiday Trading: employees can buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement each year.
- Be Kind Day: one paid leave day per year to volunteer with chosen organization or charity
Employment Details
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, full time.
EEO Statement
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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.
