Assistant Welding QAQC Engineer

About the role

Babcock is recruiting an Assistant QAQC (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) Engineer for its Devonport Royal Dockyard site in Plymouth, Devon. The role supports quality assurance and quality control activities across a complex engineering environment, working alongside experienced welding and quality professionals to maintain standards, processes and compliance requirements for critical defence programmes. It is full time, 35 hours per week, based on site.

Key responsibilities

• Support the implementation and maintenance of quality management system procedures and documentation.
• Assist with surveillance activities, compliance reviews and quality audits across engineering operations.
• Monitor corrective and preventive actions and support their effective close-out.
• Review quality records, engineering documentation and inspection data to ensure compliance requirements are met.
• Analyse quality performance data and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Required profile

• Craft Apprenticeship, City & Guilds qualification in a fabrication, welding or engineering discipline, or equivalent qualifications and experience.
• Ability to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance; some roles are subject to national security clearance and trade control restrictions.

Required skills

• Experience using quality management systems and controlled documentation processes.
• Understanding of quality assurance, quality control and compliance requirements in an engineering environment.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and technical documentation.
• Experience analysing information and identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance.
• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
• Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee shopping savings portal and payment of professional fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days of special paid leave.
• Holiday trading and a paid day off a year for volunteering ('Be Kind Day').