Senior Supplier Quality Specialist — Join to apply for the role at Babcock International Group
Location: Hybrid, UK (Midlands/South West preferred)
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70244
Shape supplier excellence that powers defence, aerospace, and engineering.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Supplier Quality Specialist at our main UK locations (although Midlands / South West preferred).
The role
As a Senior Supplier Quality Specialist, you’ll take the lead on supplier quality assurance and continuous improvement across our Group Procurement and Supply Chain function. It’s a role with real impact, offering scope to build your expertise across complex engineering supply chains while developing your career in a performance‑driven, inclusive organisation.
Day‑to‑day, you’ll raise standards, reduce risk and drive “right‑first‑time” delivery of mission‑critical goods and services contributing to projects that protect national security and public infrastructure.
* Audit suppliers on site to verify compliance with contractual and quality requirements and support effective flow‑down of those requirements.
* Approve supplier documentation (e.g., Inspection & Test Plans), witness control points and oversee special process approvals and source releases.
* Lead investigations into non‑conformance, identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions that stick.
* Drive lean and continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers to optimise quality, cost, delivery and schedule performance.
* Collaborate with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure product conformity and robust assurance throughout the lifecycle.
Essential Experience Of The Senior Supplier Quality Specialist
* Quality Management experience within an engineering environment.
* Proficient in the application of lean and continuous improvement principles.
* Proficient in conducting quality investigations.
Qualifications For The Senior Supplier Quality Specialist
* Relevant Level 5 qualification or demonstrable experience in a relevant engineering/scientific discipline and a Level 4 qualification.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions, so your eligibility may be affected by place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.
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 allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or charity [babcockint...tional.com]
* Flexible working – more options to integrate work and personal life while meeting business needs
* A dynamic working environment
Closing date: 09/01/2026
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you need 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.
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