Assistant Welding QAQC Engineer

Job Title: Assistant Quality Assurance and Quality Control Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant QAQC (Quality Assurance and Quality Control) Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As an Assistant QAQC Engineer, you’ll support the delivery of robust quality assurance and quality control activities across a complex engineering environment. Working alongside experienced welding and quality professionals, you'll help maintain the standards, processes and compliance requirements that underpin critical defence programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll have an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in quality engineering, welding assurance and continuous improvement. You'll gain exposure to highly regulated engineering activities, develop specialist technical knowledge and contribute to projects that have a direct impact on national defence and operational capability.

• Supporting the implementation and maintenance of quality management system procedures and documentation.
• Assisting with surveillance activities, compliance reviews and quality audits across engineering operations.
• Monitoring corrective and preventive actions and supporting their effective close-out.
• Reviewing quality records, engineering documentation and inspection data to ensure compliance requirements are met.
• Analysing quality performance data and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

This role is full time, 35, per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Assistant QAQC Engineer

• Experience using quality management systems and controlled documentation processes.
• Understanding of quality assurance, quality control and compliance requirements within an engineering environment.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and technical documentation.
• Experience analysing information and identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Qualifications for the Assistant QAQC Engineer

• Craft Apprenticeship, City & Guilds qualification in a fabrication, welding or engineering discipline, or equivalent qualifications and experience.

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 Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 29, people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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