Role ID: SF71287
Job Title: Senior Quality Manager
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role Overview
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world. As Senior Quality Manager at our Rosyth site, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of UK shipbuilding and advancing one of the country’s most important defence programmes. You’ll 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.
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.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.
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 an equivalent professional certification – desirable.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many positions are subject to national security clearance and trade control restrictions. Eligibility may be affected by place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residencies held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Benefits
* 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 shopping savings portal
* Payment of professional fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
* Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
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.
Closing date: 22/06/2026
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