Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Title - Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Location - Tewkesbury, UK

Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours considered and hybrid working where possible.

Job ID - 8990

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet are part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible - 1 to 2 days onsite per week
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Maintain internal audit management system for ISO9001:2015 Quality, TickITplus IT Quality, ISO14001:2015 Environmental, OHSAS 18001:2007/ISO45001:2018 Health & Safety and ISO27001:2013 Security Management Systems.
• Monitor audit non-conformance close out ensuring that corrective action plans within agreed timescales are in place.
• Support major failure investigations, root cause analysis and recurrence prevention activities.
• Present data, countermeasures and improvement plans as appropriate.
• Provide guidance and support to Information Asset Owners (IAO) regarding all forms of sensitive information and data management.
• Conduct regular data protection audits, breech investigations and management of a personal data register to ensure compliance to the General Data Protection Act.
• Support the upkeep of an operational documentation and reporting.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role within Quality & Assurance
• Track record leading change and improvement projects, gaining sponsorship and engagement to drive systematic improvement.
• Proven experience implementing management systems, standards and legal requirements.
• Internal auditor trained.
• Strong MS Excel reporting and data analysis skills.
• Proven experience and recognition as a continuous improvement champion.
• Expert at utilising digital business systems with experience providing user support

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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