Regional Quality Manager

Quality Manager – South Wales/South-West region – £60k-£70k+package (car/car allowance, pension, healthcare) – rail, civil engineering and construction projects

Key Responsibilities:
– Support the implementation of the SHEQ Strategy and Quality Management Strategy within the region.
– Quality Readiness Reviews: Facilitate and lead Quality Readiness reviews prior to projects commencing on site alongside PMs, Site Agents, and Project Teams.
– BMS Compliance: Ensure adherence to the Business Management System (BMS) in your region.
– Quality Procedures Development: Create and develop quality-specific procedures and tools aligned with business and industry standards.
– Project Support: Be proactively available to support projects, ensuring the implementation of Quality governance.
– Assurance Planning: Assist project teams during the planning phase to develop assurance plans that comply with the BMS throughout the project lifecycle.
– Deep Dive Audits: Assess quality maturity by conducting deep dive audits in compliance with Audits and Inspections Procedure.
– Training and Awareness: Support the identification and delivery of quality training to instil a quality culture across the organization.
– Performance Monitoring: Track leading and lagging quality performance indicators to identify trends and improvement areas.
– Problem Solving: Lead problem identification and resolution activities identified through assurance checks.
– External Assurance Support: Assist with external quality assurance activities and supply chain assurance.
– Knowledge Sharing: Capture and disseminate key learnings and benefits across other regions.
– Engagement and Representation: Collaborate with management and engineering teams on quality initiatives 
– Tendering Support: Provide quality insights and information for tendering activities as requested.
– Collaboration for Improvement: Work jointly to enhance performance and reduce costs associated with poor quality.
– Quality Reporting: Produce periodic quality reports as per internal and client requirements, giving visibility of project quality performance.

Requirements:
Previous experience as a Quality Manager in rail and civil engineering project environments.

Essential:
– BTEC Engineering or an equivalent level of education.
– Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
– Proven experience in a Quality/Engineering role .
– Membership in the Chartered Quality Institute (or working towards this)
– Hands-on experience with Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
– Understand and report Quality performance measurement and analysis.
– Familiarity with core quality tools 
– Certified Lead Auditor status (ISO 9001:2015).
– Designing, developing or facilitating Quality topics including Induction and Awareness modules
– Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
– Sound understanding of Project Delivery and Engineering processes, procedures documentation.
– Full UK Driving Licence.
– Operating independently to manage the portfolio of works, aligned to the quality strategy.

Desirable:
– NEBOSH certificate or equivalent.
– HNC in Engineering/Construction.
– Degree in Engineering or related fields.

Additional
– Lead Auditor qualification
– PTS (Personal Track Safety) certification.
– Membership in the Chartered Quality Institute