Quality Assurance Engineer

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £40,000 - £45,000 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Raise the bar on quality that keeps the fleet mission ready. At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Assurance Engineer at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

The role:

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll make sure our projects, processes and supply chain meet the standards that matter - safeguarding people, performance and the mission. You’ll provide Business Management System governance, lead on non‑conformance management, and drive improvements that help our teams deliver for national defence. It is meaningful work with direct impact, and a chance to build a standout career across defence, aerospace and engineering with a FTSE 100 employer known for purposeful careers and progression.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Deliver BMS governance and lead non‑conformance management to meet cost, time and quality commitments.
• Advise on change and continuous improvement across the Infrastructure Directorate and its supply chain.
• Implement Safety, Quality and Environmental policies, ensuring risk assessments lead to safe working practices.
• Produce project Quality Plans and secure stakeholder agreement ahead of delivery.
• Support the corporate audit programme, reporting outcomes and tracking corrective and preventive actions.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.

Essential experience:

• Experience working within an ISO 9001 quality‑managed environment.
• Evidence of supporting varied engineering, process and quality management issues of differing complexity.
• Strong working knowledge of Quality Management and Quality Assurance practices, tools and techniques.
• Understanding of risk management, procurement processes, programme management and regulatory requirements.
• Hands‑on experience with product investigation techniques and root cause analysis.

Qualifications:

• HNC in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent).
• Lead Auditor training – Desirable.
• CQI Level 3 Certificate – Desirable.
• Chartered Member of CQI – Desirable.
• Train‑the‑Trainer – Desirable.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your 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 shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any 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. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 12/02/2026