Join Our Team as a Senior Quality Inspector – Structural
Location: Barrow-In-Furness (Onsite)
Salary: Negotiable (Commensurate with skills and experience)
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Senior Quality Inspector, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the highest standards of quality in our structural projects. Your responsibilities will include:
* Performing complex and specialist quality inspection activities, leveraging your expert knowledge in your specific quality discipline.
* Conducting thorough conditions management and customer walk-round audits.
* Executing quality activities in line with established processes and procedures, while also reviewing and updating them as necessary.
* Utilizing calibrated measuring equipment to verify product tolerances and document any non-conformances.
Your Skills and Experience
Essential Qualifications:
* A background in Steelwork, Engineering, Quality, or Manufacturing.
* Experience in using and training others on relevant technology and tools.
* Strong ability to interpret specifications, procedures, and contract requirements.
* Effective stakeholder management skills.
* Qualified in an appropriate technical discipline or possess equivalent experience in Steelwork.
Why Join Us?
At BAE Systems, we believe in rewarding our team members with a comprehensive benefits package, including:
* A competitive pension scheme.
* Employee share plans.
* An extensive range of flexible, discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme and private health plans.
* Shopping discounts and potential eligibility for an annual incentive.
About the Structural Quality Control Team
You will be part of an established and continuously evolving team at the forefront of Dreadnought & Astute submarine construction, covering all areas of the Barrow site (NAS/CYC/DDH). This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a complex shipbuilding environment, utilizing a wide range of inspection techniques and equipment to support the Dreadnought & Astute build program, ensuring the delivery of world-class submarine capabilities to the Royal Navy.
We also offer relocation support packages for all Submarine roles, subject to eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you can truly make a difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought and rewards integrity and merit. You will be empowered to reach your full potential. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and strive to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.
Please note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can affect your eligibility for certain roles. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, and many roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, typically necessitating 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK.
Closing Date
8th March 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible!
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