Head Of Quality Management - Hpc

Bilfinger; Wedmore; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bilfinger in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Quality Assurance professional to ensure QA/QM requirements are understood and implemented across the contract. The role focuses on developing and monitoring quality management arrangements, auditing, and lessons learned while coordinating with the PMO and project teams.

You will help maintain the Integrated Management System and drive improvements through Lean and Six Sigma tools.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience.
• Significant working knowledge of organisation/delivery development for a technical programme or project environment.
• Knowledge of UK and international standards and codes of practice for the UK.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop QA/QM management arrangements and schedule internal and external audits.
• Oversee auditing of project activities per schedule and ad hoc as required.
• Develop and monitor project-specific quality procedures to meet requirements.
• Interact cross-functionally with all project team members to ensure client and statutory requirements are met.
• Establish arrangements for configuration controls and robust interfaces.
• Conduct improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma, etc., to enhance processes.
• Train and coach QA/QM teams to improve business performance.

Skills

Lead Auditor

Quality management

Project environment

Education

ONC/HNC Mechanical Engineering

Job description

To ensure that the Project Quality Assurance requirements are all understood and implemented by the QA/QM teams, ensuring that Client and statutory requirements are effectively met. The full scope of the role also includes developing, managing anf monitoring that all the assuring management arrangements, assuring standards, scheduling and overseeing internal and external audits, incorporating lessons learned / best practices in the quality system, training on quality, audits and quality improvements are maintained on behalf of the PMO and indivudal projects.

• To maintain the highest degree of professionalism in all dealings related to QA/QM on the Contract.
• To report at BNET / PMO level on all quality metrics for the measurement of performance of the Works.
• Oversee the auditing of all Project Activities as per project schedule and ad hoc.
• Maintain and make improvements to Integrated Management System.
• Develop & monitor project specific Quality procedures to meet project requirements.
• Interact cross-functionally with ALL project team members and management to ensure client and statutory requirements are effectively met & reported.
• Develop Audit schedule with Internal and External stakeholders.
• Organise and maintain CAR / NCR logs, Lesson Learned process on behalf of the projects.
• Champion Foreign Material Exclusion, preventing ingress or entrapment of non-specified materials, loose items or debris in equipment and /or systems during assembly and testing.
• Issue of NCR’s where required and facilitating construction in closure of internal and client issued NCR’s.
• Establish arrangements for assuring configuration controls and related interfaces are understood and robust in execution.
• Conduct improvement projects to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of a process by applying the appropriate improvement tools (Lean, Six Sigma etc).
• Train and coach, the QA/QM team(s) across the projects to improve aspects of their business performance
• Complete any other services on behalf of the QA/QM team & Programme Director, as requested by your Line Manager.

Experience & Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent experience
• You will have significant working knowledge of organisation/delivery development and improvement for a technical programme or Project environment.
• Knowledge of working to UK and international standards and codes of practice for the UK

Role Qualifications

• Recognised Lead Auditor qualification
• ONC/HNC Mechanical Engineering (Desirable)
• Member of Chartered Quality Institute (Desirable)

WIMS Requirements

One of the following

• Recognised Engineering Qualification (ONC / BTEC / C&G)
• JB15A / A Associate Diploma of Engineering and Advanced Certificate in Engineering

Mandatory

• CCNSG

Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.