Senior Supplier Quality Specialist in Plymouth

Shape Supplier Excellence That Powers Defence, Aerospace and Engineering. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard or Babcock Technology Centre Sites.

We value difference and inclusion, and we’re committed to creating an environment where everyone is supported to thrive and grow.

The role:

• As a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, you’ll take the lead on supplier quality assurance and continuous improvement across our Group Procurement and Supply Chain function.
• It’s a role with real impact, offering scope to build your expertise across complex engineering supply chains while developing your career in a performance‑driven, inclusive organisation.
• Day-to-day, you’ll raise standards, reduce risk and drive “right‑first‑time” delivery of mission‑critical goods and services contributing to projects that protect national security and public infrastructure.
• Audit suppliers on site to verify compliance with contractual and quality requirements and support effective flow‑down of those requirements.
• Approve supplier documentation (e.g., Inspection & Test Plans), witness control points and oversee special process approvals and source releases.
• Lead investigations into non‑conformance, identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions that stick.
• Drive lean and continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers to optimise quality, cost, delivery and schedule performance.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure product conformity and robust assurance throughout the lifecycle.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience:

• Quality Management experience within an engineering environment.
• Proficient in the application of lean and continuous improvement principles.
• Proficient in conducting quality investigations.

Qualifications:

• Relevant Level 5 qualification or demonstrable experience in a relevant engineering/scientific discipline and a Level 4 qualification.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 share scheme.
• 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 the majority of 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.
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• A dynamic working environment.

Babcock International has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world for over a century. 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: 15/09/2026