Construction Quality Leader - Civils & Utilities

Climate17; Leeds; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Climate17 is helping a leading North West civil engineering and infrastructure business recruit two Construction Quality Managers to lead quality assurance across civils and utilities projects. The role is site-facing with strong emphasis on embedding quality practices and right-first-time delivery.

Ideal candidates will have Level 4 / HNC in Quality (or equivalent), ISO 9001 Internal Auditor qualification (essential) and a track record on live projects.

Qualifications

• Level 4 / HNC in Quality or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• ISO 9001 Internal Auditor qualification, essential.
• Lead Auditor qualification, desirable.
• CQI practitioner status, desirable.
• CSCS Card, desirable.
• Experience on live civil engineering projects.
• Experience supporting major infrastructure or regulated clients, desirable.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001.
• Awareness of ISO 14001 and ISO 4501 in project delivery.
• Knowledge of client specs, ITPs and quality records.
• Knowledge of National Highways Sector Schemes, desirable.
• Lean tools and quality principles knowledge.
• Excellent audit, reporting and analytical skills.
• Experience identifying trends and process weaknesses.
• Leading, coaching and developing quality professionals.
• Delivering training, briefings and toolbox talks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• MS Office 365 and Teams skills.
• Full driving license and willingness to travel in North West region.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance across a portfolio of projects.
• Promote and embed a proactive quality culture.
• Support HSQE management system implementation.
• Provide leadership on quality standards and continual improvement.
• Work with site and project teams to implement quality requirements.
• Oversee internal audit activity and follow-up actions.
• Identify recurring delivery and process weaknesses for improvements.
• Lead and develop Quality Advisors across multiple projects.
• Coordinate workloads to meet changing priorities.
• Provide coaching and technical guidance to Quality Advisors.
• Manage performance and development of the quality team.
• Act as escalation point for significant quality issues.
• Deliver training, briefings and toolbox talks.
• Promote best practice and share lessons learned.

Skills

ISO 9001

Lead Auditor

CQI

Soft Skills

Travel readiness

Education

Level 4 / HNC in Quality

Tools

MS Office 365

Teams

Job description

Climate17 is helping a leading North West civil engineering and infrastructure business recruit two Construction Quality Managers to lead quality assurance across civils and utilities projects. The role is site-facing with strong emphasis on embedding quality practices and right-first-time delivery.

Ideal candidates will have Level 4 / HNC in Quality (or equivalent), ISO 9001 Internal Auditor qualification (essential) and a track record on live projects.