Customer Quality Engineer - Submarines

Job Description
Customer Quality Engineer - Submarines
Full Time
Derby
Why Rolls-Royce?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join us as a customer facing Quality Engineer within the Submarines Performance and Improvement (P&I) business unit. You will be a key member of the quality team acting as a point of contact for New Build related Quality issues.
We're a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.
Join us and we'll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.
As a Quality Engineer, you will take a lead role in facilitating customer Quality boards, ensure customer escapes are managed from ownership to final closeout, support customer and regulatory audits and provide leadership and support for managing our Quality frameworks.
As a Central Quality Engineer, you will also support business issues where the demand for support is need or delivery of centrally led improvement projects that will result in a step change in quality performance.
We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
What you will be doing:
You will be a point of contact for all New Build customer related quality issues, you will also:
Ensure the customer is protected following quality related issues.Govern customer related quality activities.Identify opportunities to improve Submarines quality and lead or implement plans to deliver those improvements.Support enterprise wide initiatives that deliver the customer need.Ensure adherence to all relevant processes and procedures.Coordinate Quality data reporting and share best practice across the programme team and the wider Quality community.Liaise with the Site Office, Customer, Delivery Business Units and Support Functions with regards to Quality.
Who we are looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
Experience of working in a Quality or Business Improvement role with extensive experience of investigation and auditing.You will have a strong customer focus, ability to effectively influence and challenge appropriately to manage customer expectations.Recognised as an individual who can use both formal channels and informal networks to achieve success.Able to lead cross-functional and multi-skilled teams.Experienced in the use of the 8D/NCR problem solving process.Internal audit experience is preferred, whether this was gained in conducting process compliance audits or internal audits.Proficient user of the SAP quality modules is preferred.
We're an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
You can learn more about our global inclusion strategy at
To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don't currently already have this in place.
Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.
Closing Date: 4th February 2024 (at Midnight )
Job Category
Quality
Posting Date
29 Jan 2024; 00:01