Quality Advisor

Balfour Beatty plc; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension & share incentive

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to coordinate assurance activities, implement quality management processes and drive improvement across projects.

You will advise on quality plans, monitor KPIs, support audits and foster a culture of continual improvement within the delivery teams. Relevant QA qualifications and strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Quality management professional with relevant methodologies and tools.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Gathers, analyzes and evaluates facts while remaining objective.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assurance activities to support Right First Time culture.
• Advise project teams on quality plans and test plans and review supply chain plans.
• Monitor and report quality performance against KPIs.
• Lead audits and support external certification processes.
• Drive continual improvement and capture lessons learned.

Education

Level 4+ Qualification in Quality, Construction or Manufacturing

CQI Affiliate Member

ISO9001:2015 Internal Auditor trained

Quality management

Stakeholder communication

Change management

Job description

About The Role

To support a Right First Time culture through the co-ordination and implementation of all assurance activities, the resolution of assurance-related issues, and ensuring the application of quality management processes and improvement initiatives.

What you’ll be doing

• Advise project teams in developing quality plans / inspection & test plans, ensure they are being followed and that requirements are being met, and review those from the supply chain.
• Monitor and report Quality performance relating to agreed business or project KPIs.
• Implement quality control mechanisms that provide assurance that the asset and/or service delivers as designed/required.
• Advise delivery teams in using the appropriate digital quality and governance systems, and managing issues as required.
• Maintain local quality processes as part of the Quality management system.
• Undertake local audits in line with programme objectives, and support with BB and external certification audits.
• Coordinate with others to produce and handover project and/or business quality deliverables.
• Implement quality development and training programmes for business / project teams and local quality resources.
• Encourage the sharing of good practice and learning to embed continual improvement.
• Contribute to the implementation of Management Review(s) and delivery of agreed actions.
• Assist in investigations of high-risk quality-related issues as required.
• Implement continual improvement actions to support the delivery of quality-related strategic objectives as directed by local or senior leadership.

Who we’re looking for

• Skilled Quality Management professional, with knowledge of associated methodologies, tools and applications.
• Level 4+ Qualification in Quality, Construction or Manufacturing (relevant industry).
• CQI Affiliate Member (ACQI) or higher.
• ISO9001:2015 Internal Auditor trained.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build influential relationships with a variety of stakeholders (quality and non-quality).
• Gathers, analyses and evaluates facts whilst remaining objective and impartial.
• Awareness of change management principles.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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