* Salary: £65,000-£75,000 DOE
* Full Time
* Permanent
Who we are: SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next generation high performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user‑centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.
What we offer:
* Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
* Wellbeing Day – An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
* Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
* Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4× salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
* Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
* Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to LinkedIn Learning.
* Pension Contribution – pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
* Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
* Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.
Full Time Position for a driven and pro‑active person with exceptional organisational and interpersonal skills. This role will drive the quality management system within SubSea craft while supporting the Production and Procurement Teams and will have exposure to all areas of the business.
Responsibilities
* Reporting into Operations and supporting all business departments.
* Overseeing and evolving the Integrated Business Management System and Quality Management Systems.
* Help departments align process to recognised standards and drive continual improvement to process throughout the business.
* Managing a team of quality engineers focusing in on production and supplier quality.
* Scheduling and running internal and external audits, to maintain our ISO9001:2015 accreditation.
* Experienced in embedding AQAP defence standards, including NATO quality assurance regulations and quality plans.
* Introduction of AS9100 standards into the business where appropriate.
* Drive the introduction of configuration management into business process to ISO standards.
* Develop, implement and monitor quality control processes and procedures for manufacturing operations.
* Analyse production non‑conformance to identify trends and areas for improvement.
* Train and support staff on quality control procedures.
* Have an in‑depth understanding of design and manufacturing documentation in order to monitor and ensure that the production processes are implemented correctly.
* Establish and maintain quality standards for supplier materials and components through a supplier quality manual.
* Conduct supplier audits and assessments to ensure compliance with quality requirements.
* Collaborate with suppliers to resolve quality issues and implement corrective actions.
* Develop and maintain supplier performance metrics and reporting systems.
* Collaborate with customer service and sales teams to address quality‑related customer concerns.
* Build and monitor quality issues logging process (Incident and observation reporting system).
* Report quality metrics and progress to senior leadership team monthly.
* Working with design engineering to establish suitable standards of quality for products in accordance with applicable legislation.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills to pass information clearly and accurately.
* Meet set deadlines and understand when problems need to be referred upwards.
* Organise and present information clearly, concisely and accurately.
* Strong leadership, motivational and mediation skills, and the ability to take initiative without guidance.
* Exemplary internal and external customer service and strong interpersonal skills.
* Adaptable – maintain established process whilst initiating and driving change and efficiencies.
* Collaborative and proactive – ‘can‑do’ working style.
Qualifications and Experience
* Lead Auditor
* Degree in Quality Management, Engineering or related field.
* Minimum of 8 years of experience in quality management within the manufacturing and defence industry, preferably in marine manufacturing.
* Proven experience in embedding ISO, AQAP and AS standards.
* Full UK Driving Licence
* Proven leadership and team management abilities.
* Strong organisational and problem‑solving skills
* Excellent stakeholder management skills
Location: Portsmouth with some travel to Portland in support of craft operations and Test and Trials periods.
Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with UK National security clearance required for certain roles.
Values: Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially adept.
What we expect from you
* Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
* Initiative and independent working
* Honesty and integrity
* Business and commercial awareness
* Agility, adaptability and continuous development
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.
We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge every application. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for an interview we will aim to contact you within 14 days of your application or the closing date (if stated). However, if we think that your skills and qualifications may be suitable for other similar positions we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future. Please let us know if you do not wish us to keep your details on file.
*Please note that DBS, Driving Licence and reference checks will be carried out and all offers of employment are subject to meeting our requirements.
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