Quality Controller

Quality Controller )

Location: Warton-On site. We offer a range of flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £49,000+ dependent on experience

• Driving a zero-defect culture by reducing non-conformance through robust root cause analysis (RCCA, 5 Whys, DMAIC, 8D and Six Sigma), resolving multi-layered quality issues, and collaborating closely with customers and suppliers to ensure effective deployment of the zero-defect escape prevention strategy
• Ensuring operational compliance to specifications & quality standards e.g. EN/AS 9100
• Undertaking the identification and implementation of quality improvement activities agreed within the business area
• Undertaking reviews and reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of quality practices across the business area
• Demonstrate a structured, logical approach to problem-solving while building good relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels to ensure robust quality practices are consistently applied and upheld

• Quality or Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting
• Good analytical, problem solving skills with a challenge mindset
• Ample understanding of manufacturing processes, including accurate interpretation of technical drawings and documentation, hands‑on inspection techniques, and practical shopfloor leadership experience at manager level or equivalent
• Understanding of Geometrical Dimensional & Tolerancing with experience within a manufacturing environment
• Experience of using shop floor toolsets such as SFM/SAPCAMS, EDSRS, Visview
• Experience dealing with internal and external customers
• Knowledge of AS9100 rev D

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Would you like to be part of the world’s largest defence programme, working on some of the most advanced manufacturing processes in the aerospace industry? We currently have an opportunity for a Quality Controller based at our Warton site working in the manufacturing environment within the Falcon Works business.

As a Quality Controller you will be delivering a broad range of planned quality activities designed to provide assurance to management that quality practices are being effectively deployed across the business area. You will be working to create future products, using new techniques and technology to move the business forward at pace whilst maintaining high quality standards.

This will involve working closely with our Operations and Engineering teams to ensure that the products we manufacture meet customer and regulatory requirements, ensuring quality standards are maintained to the satisfaction of internal and external customers. Undertake review and reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of quality practices across the business area. Provide guidance, advice and support on all quality related matters.

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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.

6th March 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.