At a Glance
- Tasks: Conduct audits, develop quality processes, and lead investigations to ensure compliance.
- Company: Babcock is focused on creating a safe and secure world through engineering excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy generous holiday allowance, matched pension contributions, and access to a Digital GP.
- Other info: Position requires Security Check (SC) clearance due to national security regulations.
- Why this job: Join a pivotal role in supporting national defence and critical infrastructure projects.
- Qualifications: Must have experience in quality assurance and relevant qualifications like HNC or SVQ Level 3.
The predicted salary is between 45284 - 52872 £ per year.
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £45,284 - £52,872 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Shape the future of quality in critical engineering programmes. 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 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at our Rosyth site.
The role:
- Deliver quality assurance activities and provide day-to-day guidance across projects.
- Conduct internal, supplier, and customer audits in line with the audit schedule.
- Develop and improve quality processes and procedures across programmes.
- Lead detailed quality investigations and support corrective actions.
- Analyse quality data and produce reports to identify trends and drive improvement.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Friday and is based on site at Rosyth.
Essential experience:
- Demonstrable experience in quality assurance within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading or supervising quality activities or teams.
- Strong understanding of quality assurance principles and standards.
- Proven ability to review, improve, and implement processes.
- High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Qualifications:
- Qualified to a recognised trade standard with a relevant academic qualification such as HNC or SVQ Level 3.
- Lead Auditor qualification.
- Membership or working towards membership of the Chartered Quality Institute 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.
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 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: 29/06/2026
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Located in Rosyth, Fife, Babcock offers a matched contribution pension scheme and generous holiday allowances. The team is dedicated to quality excellence in critical engineering programmes that support national defence.
