Quality Control Manager

975493
- Osborne
- Quality
- Full time
- Closing on: Mar 3 2025

This pivotal role will see you managing all elements of Quality Control supporting multiple programs and business legislation and licensing
- **Located in Osborne SA**:

- **Join a unique sector and broaden your skills**:

- **Do meaningful work contributing to Australia's national security**

ASC is Australia’s submarine company. We built the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarines, sustain them, and are now delivering their Life of Type Extension to increase the boats’ service lives. We have also been selected by the Australian Government to sustain and jointly build the nation’s nuclear-powered submarines - the largest and most complex industrial undertaking in Australia’s history.

Our work is interesting and meaningful, contributing directly to Australia’s national security. We offer rewarding roles that provide the opportunity to grow your career, and the flexibility to balance life and work. A career at ASC is like no other, delivering a deeper purpose we can all be proud of.

**About the Opportunity**

Reporting to the Program Quality Manager - Multi Class Sustainment (MCS), the Quality Control Manager is accountable to provide a localised Quality function embedded in the MCS programs to enable ASC to provide defect-free products and services to the customer and assuring the company’s compliance and ongoing certification pertaining to Quality legislation, including ISO9001 and ISO17025 through a comprehensive Quality Management System and suite of processes.

You will contribute to providing world-class quality services and support to the MCS programs, ASC and the broader Submarine Enterprise. The position will manage all elements of Quality Control through the MCS programs and related external stakeholders in support of MCS programs and business legislation and licensing. You will also contribute through aligning activities with ASC’s Strategy and assisting ASC to meet any relevant contractual deliverables. Working with the Program Quality Manager - MCS and the wider leadership team, the position is required to maintain a strategic perspective of the entire business and will take in to account a wide range of longer-term issues, opportunities and risks to ensure ongoing business success and drive consistency and alignment across the MCS programs.

**Responsibilities**
- Develop and execute a Quality strategy/plan for MCS, ensuring its alignment to overall business strategy and consistent across both QC streams
- Deliver safe, accurate and efficient Quality products and services to ASC MCS and the wider Submarine Enterprise
- Comply with all regulatory requirements in support of NATA/ ARPANSA licencing, WHS and ASC’s Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity policy
- Report on MCS Quality function performance and compliance in accordance with business and program requirements

Provide management and leadership to your department by ensuring that high quality, safe and efficient systems of work are in place to support a safely on time
- The role has a strategic horizon of 1-3 years with a requirement to establish long-term vision in a sometimes-uncertain environment
- The Quality Control Manager will lead approximately 3 direct reports across areas including Production Quality Control, Quality Planning and Supplier Quality Control
- Identify potential risks to MCS Services and develop mitigation strategies for these, including developing programs and initiatives which address concerns proactively

**About you**
- Tertiary qualifications in an engineering and/or business discipline
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in operational leadership roles within Defence and/or heavy industry
- Proven experience and competency with quality/certification systems in a dockyard or heavy engineering environment
- Demonstrated experience and competency in the management and leadership of a cross-functional team across multiple projects and locations
- Have high level conceptual, analytical and decision-making skills with the ability to interpret (both ASC and customer) social, political and operating environments
- Problem solving at the highest level of complexity and importance that materially affect the value, viability and profitability of ASC
- Knowledge of submarine systems, equipment and their interrelationships - Desirable
- Experience with CCSM maintenance requirements and quality regulations including ISO17025
- Commercial awareness and financial literacy
- Proven ability to influence and lead change and business improvement
- Ability to set priorities and achieve deadlines within a fast-paced environment

**Eligibility**

This role requires a current National Police Clearance, an Australian Defence Security Clearance and an ability to access protected US defence technology. Your eligibility for this role is dependent on you obtaining and maintaining such clearances and approvals.

To check your eligibility please visit the Australian