Quality Assurance Manager - Rotary Wing & UAS

Location:Hybrid - regular attendance at MOD Abbey Wood 2-3 days/week

Rate:Up to £550/day (Inside IR35)

Duration:ASAP - 31/03/2027

Deadline for Applications:17/07/2026 at 11:30am

Clearance:Current SC Clearance required

Overview

This role sits within a dedicated Skill Group alongside other engineers working within the technical discipline of Quality Assurance.

As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will manage others in the adherence to the Government Quality Assurance (GQA) framework, inform on risk management and contractor selection, provide independent assurance of supplier and supply chain capability, performance, and risk management, and promoting continual improvement within the supply chain.

The role will provide governance, assurance and continual improvement to Delivery Teams within the Rotary Wing and UAS directorate through the Safety and Engineering team, in support of safety and airworthiness services focusing on supplier and product performance.

Specialisms

• QA Governance: Planning for Acquisition
• QA Governance: Requirements Preparation
• QA Governance: Supplier Selection and Contract Award
• QA Assurance: Contract Execution
• QA Assurance: Delivery
• QA Improvement: Acquisition Conclusion
• Configuration Management Policy and Governance
• Anti-Counterfeiting Management

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements -Own the generation of technical quality requirements and documentation for the acquisition of systems, including the considerations to in-service support and associated costs and risks.
• Technical Data -Contribute to Quality investigations, root cause analysis, internal process performance improvement activities and supplier escalations/interventions to reduce acquisition risk.
• Legislation/Policy -Working in a highly regulated area, educate others with relevant legislation, regulation, policy, processes, and standards to deliver technical documentation for a system. This includes the essential relation to quality, safety, security, and sustainability, of the system, and the interoperability with other sub-systems.
• Risk -Ensures quality risks and opportunities are captured and actively managed.
• Design -Plan quality surveillance interventions and activities to best mitigate supplier and technical risk, which may involve implementing delivery surveillance activities and recommending allocation of resource to reflect priorities.
• Stakeholder Management -Provide comprehensive QA advice to a variety of different Teams and suppliers across multiple Themes, over quality requirements, and supplier compliance compromises, to maximise successful system implementation and delivery.
• V&V -Conduct and manage the delivery of QA surveillance in support of risk management, supplier oversight/assurance, test, verification, validation, evaluation, and acceptance.
• Support -Develop GQA strategies within medium to large project areas seeking innovative opportunities for effective and efficient deployment of GQA resources across the supply chain. This includes all areas of the CAMID Cycle.
• Assurance -Lead technical assurance activities.
• Disposal -Provide comprehensive QA advice and guidance to the decommissioning and disposal process.
• Technical Discipline -Authorise recommendations in relation to your technical area of knowledge and improved performance and GQA service delivery.

Essential Qualifications, Experience and Registrations

• Be registered with the CQI as Practitioner Grade (PCQI); and
• Applied knowledge of QA within the acquisition environment supported by expertise in multiple QA specialist areas including Configuration Management; and
• Breadth of industry/manufacturing and QA experience gained from involvement with multiple projects and technical environments including supply chain engagement; and
• As a minimum hold either: Engineering qualification at RQF Level 6; or be professionally registered with the Engineering Council as Engineering Technician (EngTech).
• Alternatives to RQF listed above (which cover England, Wales and Northern Ireland only) are the Scottish SCQF or international equivalent qualification backed up by a statement of comparability from UK ENIC.