Remote Supply Quality Engineer in Livingston

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world. Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

Assystem Energy & Infrastructure are recruiting for a Supply Quality Engineer to work at our customers site on a contract basis. Supply Quality Engineers (SQE) work within the Performance and Improvement Function in the business and are responsible for conducting product and documentation verification and final product release to our customers from the Manufacturing Business Units and the external supply chain. This vacancy is for both internal manufacturing facilities and external supply chain and may include significant amount of travel (mostly domestic) and potentially overnight stay requests of up to 4-5 days a week. You will work with our Design Authority, Manufacturing Engineers, Supply Chain Planners, and Buyers to ensure that all aspects of manufacture meet the requirements of the product definition and purchase order. The SQE will also experience significant interaction with our customers during the execution of this role.

As an SQE, you will operate as the Independent Acceptance Authority ensuring contractual, customer and regulatory requirements are satisfied. This includes (but not limited to):

• To operate as an Independent Acceptance Authority for all products and services supplied.
• To perform surveillance on material; both during manufacture and upon completion.
• To identify and act where manufacturing facilities and/or suppliers do not meet contractual, customer & regulatory requirements by implementing non-conformance processes.
• To be the Quality representative at pre-contract reviews to ensure that purchase order requirements are fully understood by all stakeholders.
• To plan surveillance based on risk and previous experience of the material and supply chain performance.
• To identify and escalate suppliers who do not meet quality expectations by generating and monitoring supplier ‘right first time’ data.
• To contribute to improvement activities by coaching people with their understanding of the requirements.

Who we’re looking for:

• Degree in an Engineering discipline will be preferred or ONC, HNC with significant quality experience.
• Experience of the Nuclear Industry is preferred.
• Experience of working with Submarines processes, products and documentation is preferred but knowledge and experience working with a variety of manufacturing processes will be considered.
• Understanding of Nuclear Standards and Specifications.
• Experience of ISO9001, root cause investigation would be advantageous.

Please be aware that many roles at Assystem are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

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.