Nuclear QA Lead Auditor: Quality & Compliance

EDF (UK); Leiston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Diversity & inclusion

Disability support

Reasonable adjustments

Job summary

EDF UK at Sizewell B Power Station seeks an experienced Quality Assurance professional to support, monitor and improve the station's integrated management system in line with the Nuclear Site License and Company Quality Policies.

You will audit, review and enhance QA processes, lead audit programmes, and provide guidance to process owners to ensure consistent quality across the site. A strong independent mindset and excellent communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• As a minimum, hold a relevant HNC level qualification or equivalent.
• Lead auditor qualifications for ISO9001, 14001 and 45001 desirable.
• Experience auditing integrated management systems as a lead auditor.
• Ability to discuss audit scope, objectives and findings with auditees.
• Demonstrate independence, impartiality and objectivity in all situations.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Understand effective management systems in nuclear or similarly technical industries.

Responsibilities

• Support the Quality Management Group Head to implement and maintain an integrated management system.
• Manage the station management system manual for Sizewell B.
• Plan and run audit/outage surveillance programmes to improve performance.
• Act as Lead Auditor to verify arrangements meet licence, regulations and procedures.
• Lead audits, monitor corrective actions and mentor trainee auditors.
• Implement outage quality assurance requirements to support outages.
• Assist investigations of Significant Events and challenge QA requirements.
• Review Quality Plans and Technical Specifications with the Specifier.
• Attend contract meetings to ensure suppliers understand quality requirements.
• Provide QA expertise to process owners and promote best practices.
• Support training on graded QA and quality plans.
• Collate lessons learnt from audits and LRQA findings and share them.
• Complete effectiveness reviews of lessons learned.
• Identify opportunities for local and business-wide improvements.
• Support external assessments and inform staff of expectations.

Skills

Lead auditor

Auditing

Quality assurance

Independent judgement

Effective communication

Education

HNC level qualification or equivalent

Lead auditor qualifications (ISO9001/14001/45001)

Job description

EDF UK at Sizewell B Power Station seeks an experienced Quality Assurance professional to support, monitor and improve the station's integrated management system in line with the Nuclear Site License and Company Quality Policies.

You will audit, review and enhance QA processes, lead audit programmes, and provide guidance to process owners to ensure consistent quality across the site. A strong independent mindset and excellent communication are essential for success.