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

Quality Engineer

Whitehaven, Cumbria

Full time Permanent or Contract

JOB PURPOSE
Ensure quality in SSEP, suggesting improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce failures, and meet customer/Sellafield specs. Support handover of project documentation.

Key Responsibilities
• 📋 Assist in delivering project Quality Assurance & Control Strategy.
• 🛠 Plan, evaluate, and verify quality, embedding improvements to ensure effective delivery and cost control.
• 📊 Help deliver project portfolio quality improvement plans.
• 📚 Support the Learning from Experience process at the project level.
• ✅ Deploy QA activities to ensure right-first-time delivery.
• 🔄 Support the SSEP handover process.

Principal Accountabilities
• 📈 Monitor, analyze, and report quality performance, e.g., monthly dashboards.
• ✔️ Review and accept supplier quality submissions.
• 🗂 Help implement Quality & Life Time Record strategy for SSEP.
• 📑 Develop and agree on quality plans, identifying necessary inspections.
• 💡 Provide technical advice to project teams.
• 🔍 Propose quality improvements and influence stakeholders for changes.

Essential Experience:
• 🎓 Graduate in relevant discipline with experience in project delivery or similar roles.
• 🏗 Project experience in Sellafield or similar high-risk environments.
• 🔐 Relevant security clearance to inspect site areas.
• 📄 Experience reviewing and accepting Lifetime Quality Records.
• 👥 Ability to work effectively in a project team.

Essential Qualifications:
• 📜 Relevant quality qualifications (e.g., CQI, Auditor).

**Security clearance**

Due to the nature of work this role will be delivering and for the protection of certain assets, the successful candidate has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non-ITAR country.

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.