Quality Engineer

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 7,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.

We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Job Description

Your future team:

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer will be providing quality assurance and quality control support and expertise to infrastructure projects for a major client within the Defence Infrastructure sector. You will be working within a joint project team made up of personnel from different companies and their supply chains, all working to support right first-time delivery.

Your missions:

1. Provide quality assurance and quality control support and expertise.
2. Support flow-down of quality requirements to the supply chain.
3. Work collaboratively with peers to ensure that all learning from experience is captured, shared, and incorporated into future works.
4. Support the Quality Manager / Project Management and Functional Leads in establishing the necessary project procedures, processes and plans to meet programme requirements.
5. Review enquiry, tender and contract documentation (e.g. ITP's, Quality Plans, Specifications) with respect to quality requirements and client specific contract specifications.
6. Plan and manage on-site inspections and surveillance of supplier QA/QC activities in collaboration with project site teams.
7. Conduct internal quality and supplier audits/health checks in accordance with the agreed audit schedule to verify compliance with procedures and identify process improvements.
8. Monitor product quality verification activities including surveillance of Supplier site installation/manufacturing, Factory Acceptance Tests, Release Inspections to ensure products and services comply with contractual requirements.
9. Support the capture and tracking of quality-related risks and opportunities, non-conformances (NCR's) and Defect Notifications.

Why join the community of Switchers?

As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world, Assystem offers a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• 8% company pension contributions
• Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care
• Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more
• Get professional and industry membership fees paid for.

My profile

Qualifications/Skills to be successful:

1. Hold a relevant HNC (i.e., Level 4 or higher) qualification in an engineering discipline, or demonstrate equivalent experience.
2. Full understanding and implementation of quality management systems (ISO 9001:2015).
3. Demonstrable experience in quality engineering roles gained from involvement with multiple projects and domains.
4. Experience on large scale construction projects (>£1bn).
5. SC clearance required to start.
6. Inside IR35 contract role, up to 3 years.
7. Candidates must be sole UK nationals.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people's ability to dare are the only things that matter! Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Are you a prospective or recent graduate?

Assystem offers you the opportunity to join our Switch to Grow UK Graduate Scheme, where you'll gain hands-on experience in engineering, digital services, and project management by working on some of the world's most critical energy projects.

Be part of the challenge of the century; accelerating the switch to low carbon energy!