At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure top-notch quality in defence infrastructure and support vital engineering projects.
- Company: Join Babcock, a leading global organisation dedicated to safety and security.
- Benefits: Generous holidays, pension scheme, health support, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with flexible working options and excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national defence while growing your expertise in quality assurance.
- Qualifications: Experience in quality assurance within engineering and knowledge of ISO 9001.
The predicted salary is between 33900 - 42400 £ per year.
Drive quality excellence across critical defence infrastructure. 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 Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role involves ensuring that engineering, infrastructure and maintenance activities meet the highest standards of quality, compliance and safety. You’ll support the delivery of upgrades, maintenance and modifications to key facilities and assets that underpin submarine and warship operations. Day-to-day, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to contribute to nationally important defence programmes while developing your expertise in quality assurance within a highly regulated engineering environment. Your work will directly support the safe and reliable operation of critical infrastructure, enabling long-term defence capability.
- Providing quality assurance guidance to project stakeholders across planning, delivery, installation and commissioning.
- Supporting the development and review of Quality Management Plans and Inspection and Test Plans.
- Monitoring quality activities across projects and supply chain, ensuring compliance with standards and requirements.
- Reviewing and assuring Life Time Quality Records to confirm design intent and compliance.
- Supporting senior quality engineers in delivering assurance across the full project lifecycle.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience:
- Experience applying quality assurance and quality control techniques within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of quality management systems and regulatory frameworks, including ISO 9001.
- Understanding of document control, change management and continuous improvement processes.
- Aware of statutory and regulatory requirements relating to quality assurance.
- Experience working with supply chains and project-based teams.
Qualifications:
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in an engineering or quality discipline.
- Completed a recognised apprenticeship in an engineering discipline.
- Knowledge or experience of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems.
Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain 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 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. 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 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: 05/07/2026
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At Babcock, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and professional growth. Located at the Devonport Royal Dockyard, our Quality Assurance Engineers play a crucial role in national defence programmes while enjoying generous benefits such as a matched pension scheme, flexible working options, and opportunities for volunteering. Join us to contribute to meaningful projects in a highly regulated environment, where your expertise will be valued and developed.
