Releasing/ Quality Officer

Job Title: Releasing/Quality Officer

Location: Rochester

Salary: £30,000 to £35,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring that release activity is performed expediently
• Producing and signing relevant release certification
• Documenting and reporting any failures of product
• Preparing failure reports coordinating release activities with customers
• Coordinating activities with internal logistic
• Contributing proactively to improvements

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in an engineering or manufacturing background
• Knowledge and experience of a quality/ safety quality environment
• Customer facing experience both internal and external and experience interpreting standards
• Competent IT skills

Desirable:

• HNC or equivalent
• Experience in Avionics

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Release Team:

As a member of the release team, our responsibility is extremely focussed on quality and safety. Every product that leaves BAE Systems in Rochester is checked for compliance and certified by us for use in the field. Our products are used worldwide by military and Civil customers alike and they depend on our ‘quality first’ mindset for extended reliability and safety.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 30th September 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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