Quality Assurance Specialist

Why Austal

Austal is Australias global shipbuilder Defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner of choice designing constructing and supporting defence and commercial vessels for the worlds leading operators. The company operates in Australia the USA Philippines and Vietnam.

Austal Australia is delivering multiple naval shipbuilding and sustainment programs for the Royal Australian Navy Australian Border Force and the Department of Defence employing approximately 1000 people in facilities in located Western Australia Queensland and the Northern Territory.

About the Opportunity

Austal and the Commonwealth of Australia are currently negotiating a landmark Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement (SSA) that will support the Continuous Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Enterprise and the delivery of multiple new defence force shipbuilding projects such as Landing Craft-Medium and Landing Craft-Heavy for the Australian Army.

Once signed the SSA will drive significant growth across our industry and workforce as we deliver both existing and new programs under a long-term partnership. It will also enable the design and construction of vessels at our Henderson shipyard and marks a major step forward in establishing enduring shipbuilding capability within the Henderson Defence Precinct and across Western Australia.

To achieve this we are building a highly skilled team to engage with local industry and supply chains and work on complex large-scale projects that reflect Austals proven capabilities and trusted performance.

Austal Ships is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to join our dedicated Quality Team. In this key role youll be responsible for conducting assurance activities across internal business processes and critical supplier operations identifying and resolving non-conformances to uphold our high standards.

Your primary mission will be to ensure that Austal Defences ISO9001 certified Quality Management System remains compliant with both our Management Services contract and relevant Program Delivery contracts.

Whats Involved

• Coordinating and conducting audit activities in accordance with the Austal Defence internal audit schedule.
• Conduct external audits of Subcontractor compliance to contracted Quality Assurance requirements.
• Provide direct support to business functions to ensure the integration of Austal Defence Quality Management Plan requirements within business Quality processes.
• Monitoring and analysing Quality data for trends in Quality performance.
• Identifying and delivering improvement opportunities to the Quality Management System processes aligned to the business Continual Improvement programs.
• Collaboratively work with stakeholders to ensure documents in the Business Management System meet required standards through conducting Quality Assurance reviews of business process documents.
• Raise monitor and support the close out of identified non-conformance with owners to ensure NCRs are managed in accordance with the business NCR procedure.

Youll Need

• Diploma or recognised equivalency certification in Quality Assurance Lean Management Engineering or Project Management
• 5 years experience working in a Quality Assurance role.
• Previous experience working within a defence manufacturing environment with a demonstrated strong desire to work in Quality Assurance
• Internal Auditor Training
• Demonstrated proficiency in writing Technical Quality Management System documentation
• Demonstrated knowledge of ISO 9001 and of working within Quality Management systems as they apply to shipbuilding defence oil and gas or manufacturing

Why Austal

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• A supportive and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation.

Our global team is guided by a universal set of values that describe the focus of our efforts. Our goal is for all our decisions and actions to reflect these core values. We believe that putting our values into practice creates the greatest benefits for our shareholders customers employees suppliers and communities in which we serve.

Excellence - Customer Focus - Integrity - Team Work

At Austal we are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders people of all backgrounds ages sexual orientation and those with Disability to apply