Quality Engineer - #149690

Salary: £40,000-£47,000 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

• Private Healthcare with optional family cover
• Life Assurance (4 x salary)
• Critical Illness Cover
• Unlimited Paid Holiday
• Ongoing professional development and training
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Pension contribution
• Flexible Working
• A culture of diversity and innovative thinking
  
  

Role Overview

The Quality Engineer will drive the quality management system within Subsea craft while supporting the Production and Procurement Teams and will have exposure to all areas of the business.

Responsibilities Include

• Reporting into the Quality Manager and supporting the Engineering, Procurement, and Manufacturing Teams.
• Planning and conducting internal audits, to maintain our ISO9001:2015 accreditation.
• Drive continual improvement throughout the business.
• Develop, implement and monitor quality control processes and procedures for manufacturing operations.
• Investigate Production non-conformance to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Support production staff on quality control procedures.
• Gain an in depth understanding of the design and manufacturing documentation in order to monitor and ensure that the production processes are implemented correctly.
• Maintain quality standards for supplier materials and components in accordance with Engineering definition and conduct supplier audits/assessments to ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with suppliers to resolve quality issues and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain supplier performance metrics with supply chain and reporting systems.
• Collaborate with customer service and sales teams to address quality-related customer concerns.
• Monitor quality issues and logging process (Incident and observation reporting system)
• Working with design engineering to establish suitable standards of quality for products in accordance with applicable legislation.
• 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.
  
  

Required

Qualifications and Experience:

• Internal Auditor Trained
• Minimum HNC/HND in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• 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
  
  

Desirable

• Lead Auditor Trained
• Engineering related degree.
  
  

Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum Existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with Security Check likely for specific projects.*

Values: Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially-adept.

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
  
  

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge every application. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for an interview we will aim to contact you within 14 days of your application or the closing date (if stated). However, if we think that your skills and qualifications may be suitable for other similar positions we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future. Please let us know if you do not wish us to keep your details on file.

• Please note that DBS, Driving Licence and reference checks will be carried out and all offers of employment are subject to meeting our requirements.