Quality Control Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer, Radar Road, Leicester (Contract)

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will provide essential support to our business in delivering quality services, with a specific focus on our assurance programme and projects. Your role will involve developing and implementing quality arrangements across all delivery activities, ensuring their effective implementation through regular audits and reporting.

Key Responsibilities
This position requires someone who understands our Business Management System (BMS), can review and update BMS documentation, and support problem-solving and improvement activities. You will also support an agreed assurance programme, working closely with the (Senior) Quality Manager to maximise resource utilisation relevant to our business area.

In this role, you will provide expert advice and support on quality matters to the business, including the delivery of quality plans and appropriate allocation of quality levels for work activities. You will also assist in planning, scheduling, conducting, and reporting audits, as well as supporting compliance with relevant standards and regulations for new projects.

You will review findings from independent assurance activities, implement corrective and preventive actions, and drive continual improvement across our business. Furthermore, you will ensure the proper management and closure of site quality non-conformances and issues, as well as review and approve supplier quality arrangements in accordance with project and customer requirements.

Your role will also involve monitoring progress against site quality arrangements, identifying any concerns and escalating them to line management if necessary. You will also ensure that site lifetime records are clearly identified, prepared, and maintained in line with relevant review and approval activities, alongside ongoing site activities.

As a leader, you will be a role model, embodying Cavendish principles and promoting health, safety, and wellbeing, as well as respect and inclusion.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills
Essential:
- Science/Engineering degree or equivalent qualification with relevant experience
Desirable:
- Chartered member of the Quality Institute and registered on the appropriate CPD scheme
- Approved Auditor qualification (or demonstrable skills and track record)
- Proven track record in a similar role, preferably in the Nuclear or other highly regulated, high hazard industry
- Good working knowledge of the Nuclear industry
- Good working knowledge of relevant quality standards and requirements
- Good working knowledge of customer quality requirements where applicable
- Good working knowledge and application of ISO9001 (and ISO17025 where relevant)
- Ability to investigate events using industry best-practise causal analysis tools