Quality Assistant

Balfour Beatty plc; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical health cover

Company car or car allowance

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension savings schemes

Enhanced parental leave policies

Refer and Earn scheme

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc's Ground Engineering team on the Sizewell C project seeks a Quality Engineer to support the Quality Manager and senior engineers in QA/QC activities, inspections, and data handling.

You will assist in developing test plans, report on KPI quality metrics, help implement quality controls, and contribute to audits and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Awareness and understanding of quality and/or technical standards.
• Level 4+ Qualification in Quality, Construction or Manufacturing.
• CQI Student or Affiliate Member (S/ACQI).

Responsibilities

• Support project teams in developing the inspection & test plans, ensure they are being followed and that requirements are being met, and review those from the supply chain.
• Assist in reporting Quality performance relating to agreed business or project KPIs.
• Assist in implementing quality assurance and quality control mechanisms.
• Advise delivery teams in using the appropriate digital quality and governance systems and supporting the management of issues as required.
• Coordinate with others to produce and handover project and/or business quality deliverables.
• Support the quality team in dealing with internal and external audits.
• Encourage the sharing of good practice and learning to embed continual improvement.
• Responsible for ensuring that quality related data is stored and entered correctly in a system for use and manipulation by the project’s Data Engineer / Business Analyst.
• Supports the preparation of monthly Quality reports.
• Draft updates to Quality procedures and templates for the review and approval of the Quality Manager.
• Prepares Lessons Learned presentations and relevant Quality Bulletins and distributes to Project Teams.
• Reviews and approves the digitized templates of records before they are actively used by Project Teams and makes the required announcements once they are ready for use.
• Supports the Senior Quality Engineer (based at Orwell) in the follow up of findings from the supply chain audits.
• Assist other quality or project staff undertaking internal audit or focused surveillance.

Skills

Quality standards awareness

Initiative

Interpersonal skills

Education

Level 4+ Qualification in Quality, Construction or Manufacturing

Job description

About the role

Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Ground Engineering team as a Quality Engineer on the Sizewell C project and you can build something to be proud of.

Role purpose: Part of the project Quality team, supporting the project Quality Manager and (Senior) Quality Engineers/Advisor in conducting Quality Assurance and Quality Control work within the team.

What you’ll be doing

The successful candidate will have the following accountabilities:

• Support project teams in developing the inspection & test plans, ensure they are being followed and that requirements are being met, and review those from the supply chain;
• Assist in reporting Quality performance relating to agreed business or project KPIs;
• Assist in implementing quality assurance and quality control mechanisms;
• Advise delivery teams in using the appropriate digital quality and governance systems and supporting the management of issues as required;
• Coordinate with others to produce and handover project and/or business quality deliverables;
• Support the quality team in dealing with internal and external audits;
• Encourage the sharing of good practice and learning to embed continual improvement;
• Responsible for ensuring that quality related data is stored and entered correctly in a system for use and manipulation by the project’s Data Engineer / Business Analyst;
• Supports the preparation of monthly Quality reports;
• Draft updates to Quality procedures and templates for the review and approval of the Quality Manager;
• Prepares Lessons Learned presentations and relevant Quality Bulletins and distributes to Project Teams;
• Reviews and approves the digitized templates of records before they are actively used by Project Teams and makes the required announcements once they are ready for use;
• Supports the Senior Quality Engineer (based at Orwell) in the follow up of findings from the supply chain audits;
• Assist other quality or project staff undertaking internal audit or focused surveillance.

Who we’re looking for

The successful candidate will have the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• Awareness and understanding of quality and/or technical standards. Level 4+ Qualification in Quality, Construction or Manufacturing (relevant industry).
• CQI Student or Affiliate Member (S/ACQI).
• Able to demonstrate initiative and resilience.
• Possesses good interpersonal, communication and good time management skills.

Why work for us

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

Some of our key benefits are:

• An attractive/negotiated salary;
• Medical health cover;
• Company car or car allowance;
• Discretionary annual bonus;
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays;
• Pension savings schemes;
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies;
• Access to our Refer and Earn scheme;
• Discretionary annual salary reviews.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone D&I Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion.

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/.