IDT Quality Manager (24 Months FTC)

Job Title: IDT Quality Manager (24 Months FTC)

Location: Glascoed, Onsite

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £57,824 Dependent on skills & experience

Who We Are

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description

Quality Management SME providing leadership within the Integrated Delivery Team, ensuring compliance with specifications and quality standards (e.g. ISO 9001). Coordinates IDT wide quality initiatives, supports issue resolution, and leads internal and external audits, including export customer audits within scope.

Core Duties

• Provide Quality SME input across Engineering, PM, Product Assurance and Operations, representing Quality in IDT forums
• Deliver Quality SME support to Supply Chain activities, including SQA reviews, investigations, PO reviews and initiatives
• Coordinate cross‑functional quality initiatives, including continuous improvement activities and Engineering/PM process development
• Provide quality assurance oversight for product and process trials within the IDT environment
• Support resolution of IDT quality issues using non‑conformance methods, ensuring robust corrective and preventive actions
  
  

Essential Skills

• Degree qualification in a relevant discipline, or time‑served engineer with substantial experience and supporting qualifications

ISO 9001 Internal Auditor certification with practical experience applying audit principles effectively across complex organisations

Demonstrable experience using statistical control methods, implementing systems such as Six Sigma effectively to projects

Knowledge of production environments operating within high‑hazard, safety‑critical and regulated industrial settings manufacturing aerospace facilities

Ability to liaise effectively with regulatory and government bodies, ensuring compliance and clear communication outcomes

Light Munitions & Medium Calibre Team

Quality Manager at Glascoed required for two years to support production within the Light Munitions & Medium Calibre Team.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A Place Where Everyone Can Thrive

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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:

16th April 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.