Quality Team Lead

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

3/25/2025

Job Description

The Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business, based in Edinburgh, is a global leader in manufacturing radars, lasers, and infra-red countermeasure systems. We are excited to offer a unique opportunity for a Quality Team Lead to join our dynamic team and play a key role in delivering excellence in quality management across our programmes.

What You'll Do As The Quality Team Lead

As a Quality Team Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the quality assurance activities throughout the lifecycle of multiple high-profile projects. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of outstanding quality and compliance while managing programme risks, threats, and opportunities.

Key responsibilities include

• Risk, Threat & Opportunity Management Proactively identify and manage programme and project risks, threats, and opportunities, ensuring that they are addressed in line with the Programme Assurance Plans (PAP).
• Assurance Leadership Lead and inspire Assurance Teams to achieve Programme and Integrated Project Team (IPT) objectives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement across all programme phases.
• Process Improvement Lead initiatives to improve the assurance function, quality systems, and product quality across all stages of the Programme, Product, and Project Lifecycle.
• Coaching & Development Mentor and coach team members to promote quality excellence within the programme and develop their skills.
• Interpersonal Leadership Use your excellent interpersonal skills to influence positive change at both the individual and team levels.
• Stakeholder Engagement Represent the Quality function in high-level meetings with Programme Customers and Suppliers, ensuring alignment with quality standards.
• Milestone Achievement Ensure that project assurance milestones are met throughout the Programme, Product, and Project lifecycle.
• Reporting Deliver comprehensive reports and data to relevant stakeholders, including Programme and Project teams.
• Cost Reduction Drive down Sector Non-Conformance costs by implementing a root cause and corrective action approach, reducing cost implications on the programmes and projects.
  
  

What We Need From You

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• Education Ideally, a Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related field. Experience in Defence Electronics or a similarly complex industry is highly desirable.
• Quality Governance In-depth knowledge of governance frameworks and quality standards such as AS9100, ISO9001, and Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Quality Tools Expertise Experience in applying key quality tools including Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA), Pattern Fault Lifecycle, Process Mapping, Verification, and First Article Inspection.
• Analytical Thinking Strong logical thinking and the ability to convert complex data into actionable insights that align with business objectives.
• Collaboration & Communication Proven ability to work collaboratively across functions and communicate effectively with diverse teams.
• Customer & Supplier Relations Demonstrated experience in engaging with customers and suppliers, ensuring alignment with quality expectations and objectives.
• Team Development A track record of mentoring, coaching, and developing teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and quality excellence.
  
  

Security Clearance

You must be eligible for full security clearance. For more information and guidance please visit https //www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

• Flexible Working Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
• Company funded flexible benefits We offer award-winning flexible benefits plan, having won the Best Flexible Working Policy Award, Best Flexible Benefits Strategy and Best Flexible Benefits Plan in 2023. These include; access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Pension Award winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme, access to Mental Health support, Financial wellbeing support, network groups (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
• Bonus Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below
  
  

For a full list of our Company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 7,000 are based in the UK.

At Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people’s full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.

This is a great opportunity to bring your talents and form an integral part of Leonardo’s future. We can help you develop your skills and offer great opportunities to develop and grow, so why not join us.

Primary Location

GB - Edinburgh

Contract Type

Permanent

Hybrid Working

Hybrid