Principal Supplier Quality Specialist

Job Title: Principal Supplier Quality Specialist

Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65476

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 Principal Supplier Quality Specialist at our Bristol site.

The role

As a Principal Supplier Quality Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will work as part of the Supplier Quality Team being responsible for driving quality assurance and improvement associated with the supply of goods and services to the business.

Day-to-day, you will be supporting the Group Supplier Quality Management team on strategy, objectives and best practice to ensure value adding service delivery, as well as:

• Approving supplier issued documentation relating to product conformity prior to acceptance by the business, such as management of supplier Inspection & Test Plans, witnessing of control points, special process approval and reviewing product documentation packs.
• Execution of supplier facing improvement activities to drive right first-time supply of products and services as part of non-conformance management or broader improvement initiatives.

This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements including travel to Plymouth and Leicester.

Essential experience of the Principal Supplier Quality Specialist:

• Experienced in a lead role in Supplier Quality Assurance team.
• Quality Management within an engineering or technical environment, preferably in a highly regulated industry.
• Proficient in the application of lean / CI principles
• Proficient in leading and conducting quality investigations
• Strong communicator able to present to all levels

Qualifications for the Principal Supplier Quality Specialist:

• Relevant Level 5 Qualification or demonstrable experience in relevant engineering/scientific discipline and Level 4 Qualification
• Certified Lead Auditor

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. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 [email protected] 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: 06/08/2025