Job Description

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.

Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

Your future team:

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer will be providing quality assurance and quality control support and expertise to infrastructure projects for a major client within the Defence Infrastructure sector. You will be working within a joint project team made up of personnel from different companies and their supply chains, all working to support right first-time delivery.

Your missions:

As a Quality Engineer you will be required to provide quality assurance and quality control support and expertise, support flow-down of quality requirements to the supply chain and work collaboratively with your peers to ensure that all learning from experience is captured, shared, and incorporated into future works. Typical activities will include:

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• Provide quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) support and expertise to the site EHJ Project Team to support right first-time delivery.
• Foster a site quality presence at site to develop good working relationships with Suppliers / Site Stakeholders
• Support the identification and flow-down of MoD Client quality requirements to the supply chain.
• Work collaboratively with quality peers internally and Suppliers to ensure that all learning from experience (LFE) is captured, shared and incorporated into future works / shared across all aspects of the Infrastructure Programme.

Typical activities will include:

• Support the Project Management and Functional Leads in establishing the necessary project procedures, processes and plans to meet Coulport requirements.
• Review enquiry, tender and contract documentation (e.g. ITP’s, Quality Plans, Specifications) with respect to quality requirements and Client specific contract specifications.
• Regular attendance at site meetings
• Conducting internal quality and supplier audits / health checks in accordance with the agreed audit schedule to verify compliance with procedures and identify process improvements.
• Monitoring quality performance against any agreed KPIs / criteria and identify areas of concern.
• Monitoring product quality verification activities including surveillance of Supplier site installation / manufacturing, Factory & Site Acceptance Tests, Release Inspections to ensure products and services comply with contractual requirements.
• Supporting the capture and tracking of quality-related risks and opportunities, non-conformances (NCR’s) and Defect Notifications.
• Conducting quality investigations, root cause analysis, internal process performance improvement activities and supplier escalation or intervention.
• Working with key project functions to specify Lifetime Quality Records content and coordinate the collation, review and approval of final document packs by Suppliers.
• Proactively liaise with any Third-Party representatives and Government Quality Assurance Representatives (GQAR) where required.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Skills to be successful:

🌟 Hold a relevant HNC (i.e., Level 4 or higher) qualification in an engineering discipline, or demonstrate equivalent experience.

🌟 Full understanding and implementation of quality management systems (ISO 9001:2015).

🌟 Demonstrable experience in quality engineering roles gained from involvement with multiple projects and domains.

Essential

• SC Clearance (or ability to gain prior to commencing employment).
• Industry recognised auditor qualification e.g. ISO 9001 Lead / Internal.
• Hold a relevant HNC (i.e., Level 4 or higher) qualification in an engineering discipline, OR demonstrate equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Associated professional membership in an appropriate discipline (e.g. CQI / IRCA).
• Industry recognised NDE (Non-Destructive Engineering / NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) qualification e.g. PCN/CSWIP.

Additional Information

Why join the community of Switchers?

As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world, Assystem offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

💥25 days of annual leave + bank holidays

💥8% company pension contributions

💥Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care

💥Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more

💥Get professional and industry membership fees paid for.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Security - The incumbent of this role must be a minimum of SC cleared and a sole UK national.

Working arrangements – The incumbent of this role must be able to do hybrid working with the ability to attend the site 3 days per week.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES ON RECRUITMENT FRAUD - We are committed to safeguarding candidates from fraudulent activity associated with our recruitment process. Please note that we will never offer specialist CV writing services, request payment or ask for sensitive personal information during the recruitment process.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES ON RECRUITMENT FRAUD - We are committed to safeguarding candidates from fraudulent activity associated with our recruitment process. Please note that we will never offer specialist CV writing services, request payment or ask for sensitive personal information during the recruitment process.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.