Quality Assurance Advisor

• Full time permanent role at our Woodville North facility.
• Support critical Defence programs with a focus on quality and compliance.
• Contribute to high-profile programs supporting Australia's Defence sector.

About the Role

Due to an internal promotion, Babcock is seeking a Quality Assurance Advisor to join our team supporting key Defence programs. Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, you will play a critical role in maintaining quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across project and supplier activities. Working closely with project teams, suppliers, and key stakeholders, you will help ensure that products, processes, and deliverables consistently meet customer, regulatory, and business requirements.

In this role, you will support the implementation and ongoing compliance of Babcock's Business Management System, assist in conducting quality audits, inspections, and process reviews, and verify Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance. You will contribute to the management of supplier quality activities, including reviewing quality plans, Statements of Work, and Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), while monitoring supplier performance and documentation.

You will also support the investigation of non-conformances, corrective and preventive actions, root cause analysis, and lessons learned activities, helping to drive continuous improvement initiatives across the business. Responsibilities will include maintaining quality records and reports, conducting physical surveillance of work to verify quality standards and progress, preparing customer documentation packs, and performing product acceptance and quality inspections, particularly for high-integrity items. As a trusted quality partner, you will provide guidance and advice to project teams, contribute to quality reviews and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and help foster a strong culture of quality, safety, and operational excellence.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Australian Citizen with a Defence security clearance (or the ability to obtain one).
• Tertiary qualification in Quality, Business Management related field or equivalent qualification associated with an engineering, technical or maintenance environment.
• Experience in a role applicable to Quality Assurance/ Quality Control role.
• Experience in Process Improvement applying Lean/Six Sigma concepts.
• A sound knowledge of Business Management System auditing techniques.
• ISO 9001:2015 Quality Auditor training.