Project Quality Assurance Manager – Role

In this role, you will be responsible for driving a focused Project Assurance program to enable project delivery success and customer satisfaction by ensuring process application and industrial practice rigor. You will also ensure that quality is owned by everyone, not only the quality function, ensuring that the commitments we make to our customers are met in deed as well as intent, while balancing cost and schedule constraints.

Be a trusted advisor to domain stakeholders by providing independent quality assurance, an accurate view of performance, championing customer satisfaction and reducing quality risks across the role scope.

Working at our Bendigo site, on Dja Dja Wurrung Land, some of your key responsibilities include:

- Proactively promote quality principles and influence stakeholders to engage and adopt them by translating into compelling actionable steps.
- Proactively shape and drive solutions, removing blocks rather than waiting for direction or escalation.
- Anticipate risks, dependencies and impacts early, navigating complexity rather than reacting late.
- Build trust and collaboration through clear communication and ensuring the right people are involved at the right time.
- Challenge assumptions and existing approaches constructively when they are critical to success.




- Maintain momentum and act with agility by making practical decisions and progressing work outcomes with the available information.

Qualifications

- Tertiary qualifications in an engineering or related technical discipline.
- Proven experience in quality management roles, preferably in a systems engineering or industrial organisation.
- Good understanding of process improvement principles and methodologies – ideally including Lean and Business Excellence. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt qualifications are desirable.
- Detailed knowledge of the requirements of ISO 9001 with demonstrated ability to translate into language that resonates with stakeholders.
- Proven experience engaging and influencing stakeholders – ability to shape mindsets and culture.

Benefits

- Competitive remuneration plus super, bonus and free medical insurance.
- Annualised performance review process.
- Thales Flex – hybrid work workplace.
- Fitness Passport discount – access to a network of gyms across Australia.
- Employee discounts with a number of affiliates (travel, car hire, tech, medical insurance).
- Modernised paid parental leave.
- Veterans leave.
- Novated lease options.
- Family support through our partnership with Parents at Work.
- Personal and professional training development opportunities.
- Sonder – wellbeing & support partner.

Applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain the required Defence security clearance for this role.

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📌 Project Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) (Bendigo)
🏢 Thales
📍 Bendigo