Senior Governance & Standards Specialist; Emirati Talent

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

The Senior Governance & Standards Specialist in HALCON will support the Governance & Standards department in the implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the organization's Quality Management System (QMS), leveraging strong operational quality and manufacturing experience to strengthen process governance, compliance, standardization, and operational excellence.

The role serves as a bridge between Quality Governance and Manufacturing Operations, ensuring that management system requirements are effectively translated into practical shop-floor controls, process improvements, and sustainable quality practices in accordance with ISO 9001, AS9100, and applicable organizational standards.

To support the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the organization's Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with ensuring compliance with international management system standards, UAE regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and organizational policies.

• Support the implementation, certification, maintenance, and continual improvement of the Quality Management System. Conduct comprehensive gap assessments and develop implementation roadmaps.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, customer-specific requirements, and applicable regulatory standards. Develop, review, and maintain Quality Manuals, procedures, work instructions, forms, and quality records.
• The Governance & Standards Specialist will leverage extensive operational quality experience to provide practical support to the GSO in strengthening QMS implementation and process compliance across manufacturing operations.
• Monitor compliance with approved procedures across all operational departments, conduct process verification and compliance assessments, Support process owners in implementing effective process controls.
• Promote process standardization across the organization.
• Support the GSO in implementing and maintaining the IMS in accordance with ISO 9001, AS9100, and applicable organizational requirements.
• Assist in developing, reviewing, and updating Quality Manuals, procedures, work instructions, and process documentation.
• Verify alignment between documented QMS requirements and actual manufacturing and operational practices. Coordinate with process owners to identify gaps in process implementation and compliance. Support establishment of process interactions, responsibilities, authorities, and performance indicators.
• Develop and manage implementation plans, project schedules, milestones, and deliverables for certification programs. Coordinate activities across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Quality functions. Monitor implementation progress, identify risks, and drive timely completion of all certification activities.
• Act as the secondary quality focal point for ISO 9001 implementation activities. Interface with certification bodies, customers, suppliers, consultants, and regulatory…