Quality Assurance Lead

Quality Assurance Lead

Contract

Bristol

• Assisting the Framework team leader in establishing a progressive assurance process, through the setting up of an SDA life cycle management process (potentially based on GEAR and the Tube Map) and support projects in critical design reviews. Output: Assurance process definition document.
• Maintain and update the SDA Technical Assurance policy and guidance document along with the pre-questionnaire iaw JSP901 and JSP655. Output: updated policy, guidance and pre-questionnaire documents.
• To carry out assurance activity as per the policy and provide an assurance report to Technical Director as per the SDA Technical Policy. Outputs: assurance programme and report delivered to schedule.
• Supporting the development of the DAT tool for approvals.
• To compile and provide evidence towards the SDA Annual Assurance Review (AAR) to the Defence Authority Technical and Quality (DAT&Q) to demonstrate compliance with JSP901 and to identify and implement any learnings. Output: Evidence pack submitted.

Skills and Experience:

• Ideally with minimum 5 years engineering experience in the industry and sound knowledge of relevant business processes. CEng required. Knowledge of GEAR or an engineering planning and review process an advantage
• Financial and commercial knowledge, ability to work on own initiative and engage with a range of stakeholders, including senior managers.
• Ability to attend, discuss and challenge PTs with respect to engineering planning and reviews and obtain or assess relevant artefacts required for assurance review.
• Ability to review and assess critically a wide range of engineering documentation over a range of engineering disciplines, in order to identify risk areas and engage with PTs to identify mitigations.
• Ability to write concise but comprehensive assurance statements and present and defend these at senior approvals committees.
• Ability work under tight timescales delivering good quality assurance reports and working with all levels of stakeholders.
• Attend and contribute as and when appropriate at Assurance

What experience you need to be the successful Quality Assurance Lead:

• SC clearance
• Flexible on location
• Defence experience

If you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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