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Up to £55,000 a year
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Glasgow
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Job Title: Quality Control Team Leader
Location: Scotstoun & Govan
Salary: Up to £55,000 dependent on experience
What you’ll be doing:
Leading a team of quality professionals, tasked at driving and delivering quality control and improvement deliverables across naval ships business
Managing quality engagement through presence at relevant forums ensuring accurate reporting of assurance events and mitigation of all potential quality issues and recurrence
Leading and supporting the implementation of Zero-Defect Culture/Right First Time across the Naval Ships
Managing the development of people, processes, procedures
Your skills and experiences:
Previous team leader experience within an quality environment
Extensive knowledge and understanding of the build process
Fully understand company vision, strategic aims & objectives
Understand responsible document management (RDM) and adhere to rules
Understand cross functional relationships and required interactions
Quality management and shipbuilding experience is desirable
Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution.
Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation.
Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Quality team:
As a Quality Control Team Leader joining our experienced T26 program you will become a team leader of an extremely dynamic quality team of circa 55 heads that cover every inspection across multiple disciplines, undertaking various inspections across multiple components and complex installs as to deliver the most technically advanced platform to our customers. These customers are growing from originally UK MOD, Royal Navy and then on to international contracts.
This role requires a proactive professional who can identify discipline-specific challenges and effectively manage and influence solutions. The position offers strong development opportunities for the successful candidate, both within their core discipline and across wider areas of the organisation.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 13th February 2026 – Interviews will take place w/c 23rd February 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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Here’s how the job qualifications align with your profile.
Skills
Quality management
Leadership
Do you have experience in Quality management?
Job details
Here’s how the job details align with your profile.
Pay
Up to £55,000 a year
Location
Glasgow
Benefits
Pulled from the full job description
Employee discount
Company pension
Car scheme
Full job description
Job Title: Quality Control Team Leader
Location: Scotstoun & Govan
Salary: Up to £55,000 dependent on experience
What you’ll be doing:
Leading a team of quality professionals, tasked at driving and delivering quality control and improvement deliverables across naval ships business
Managing quality engagement through presence at relevant forums ensuring accurate reporting of assurance events and mitigation of all potential quality issues and recurrence
Leading and supporting the implementation of Zero-Defect Culture/Right First Time across the Naval Ships
Managing the development of people, processes, procedures
Your skills and experiences:
Previous team leader experience within an quality environment
Extensive knowledge and understanding of the build process
Fully understand company vision, strategic aims & objectives
Understand responsible document management (RDM) and adhere to rules
Understand cross functional relationships and required interactions
Quality management and shipbuilding experience is desirable
Engineers at all levels should possess an academic qualification in Engineering or other related STEM subjects as well as specific (either academic or professional) qualifications and become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineers through an appropriate recognised professional institution.
Engineers are encouraged, and will be supported, to achieve the relevant accreditation.
Preference will be given to candidates who are already professionally registered.
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Quality team:
As a Quality Control Team Leader joining our experienced T26 program you will become a team leader of an extremely dynamic quality team of circa 55 heads that cover every inspection across multiple disciplines, undertaking various inspections across multiple components and complex installs as to deliver the most technically advanced platform to our customers. These customers are growing from originally UK MOD, Royal Navy and then on to international contracts.
This role requires a proactive professional who can identify discipline-specific challenges and effectively manage and influence solutions. The position offers strong development opportunities for the successful candidate, both within their core discipline and across wider areas of the organisation.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 13th February 2026 – Interviews will take place w/c 23rd February 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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