Quality Assurance Engineer

A Quality Practitioner - Governance and Assurance is an intermediate level professional role in the Quality Governance and Assurance discipline of the Quality role family. This role requires an expanded level of knowledge and experience of professional practice in this discipline, representing the first degree of progression from an entry level role. This role applies discipline domain knowledge, experience, and judgement to undertake a range of professional assignments. This role will work within established procedures and guidance, under supervision from management roles or senior grade professionals.

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer

Location: Plymouth, Devonport

Compensation: £33,900 - £42,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74423

Drive quality excellence across critical defence infrastructure

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 Quality Assurance Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you'll play a vital role in ensuring that engineering, infrastructure and maintenance activities meet the highest standards of quality, compliance and safety. You'll support the delivery of upgrades, maintenance and modifications to key facilities and assets that underpin submarine and warship operations.

Day to day, you'll have an exciting opportunity to contribute to nationally important defence programmes while developing your expertise in quality assurance within a highly regulated engineering environment. Your work will directly support the safe and reliable operation of critical infrastructure, enabling long term defence capability.

• Providing quality assurance guidance to project stakeholders across planning, delivery, installation and commissioning
• Supporting the development and review of Quality Management Plans and Inspection and Test Plans
• Monitoring quality activities across projects and supply chain, ensuring compliance with standards and requirements
• Reviewing and assuring Life Time Quality Records to confirm design intent and compliance
• Supporting senior quality engineers in delivering assurance across the full project lifecycle

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

Essential experience of the Quality Assurance Engineer

• Experience applying quality assurance and quality control techniques within an engineering or manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of quality management systems and regulatory frameworks, including ISO 9001
• Understanding of document control, change management and continuous improvement processes
• Awareness of statutory and regulatory requirements relating to quality assurance
• Experience working with supply chains and project based teams

Qualifications for the Quality Assurance Engineer

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in an engineering or quality discipline
• Completed a recognised apprenticeship in an engineering discipline
• Knowledge or experience of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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 ().

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. 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.

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 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: 05/07/2026