Quality Systems Specialist in Portsmouth

Salary: £45,000-£55,000 DOE

Full Time Permanent

Who we are

SubSea Craft is a fast growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.

What we offer

• Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing Day – An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
• Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
• Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Pension Contribution – pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
• Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.

Responsibilities will include

• Reporting into the QHSE Lead and supporting the wider business to achieve its objectives.
• Oversight, planning and conducting internal audits, to maintain our ISO9001:2015 accreditation.
• Drive continual improvement throughout the business.
• Develop and implement processes and procedures to enhance our operations.
• Work alongside the Enterprise team to ensure new systems meet Quality Requirements and have the appropriate Process and Procedures to support.
• Analyse current workflows and exercise the freedom to redesign or improve procedures/Processes.
• Assist in the preparation and hosting of external audits to international standards and our future customer assessments.
• Assisting in the Integration of our QMS, SMS and EMS to form our Business Management System.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to pass information clearly and accurately.
• Have the ability to meet set deadlines and to understand when problems need to be referred upwards.
• Have the ability to organise and present information clearly, concisely and accurately.
• Strong leadership, motivational and mediation skills, and the ability to take initiative without guidance
• Exemplary “internal” and “external” customer service and strong interpersonal skills
• Adaptable - maintaining established process whilst initiating and driving change and efficiencies.
• Collaborative and proactive / 'can-do’ working style.

Qualifications and Experience

• Internal Auditor Trained ideally Lead Auditor Trained
• Minimum HNC/HND in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Have experience in working within the requirements of NATO AQAP’s
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in quality management within the manufacturing industry, preferably in marine manufacturing
• Full UK Driving License
• Strong problem-solving skills

What we expect from you

• Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
• Initiative and independent working
• Honesty and integrity
• Business and commercial awareness
• Agility, adaptability and continuous development