Quality Coordinator

Barhale Holdings Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

25 days annual leave + holidays

Job summary

Barhale is recruiting a Quality Co-ordinator to support project teams with QA deliverables, inspections, and non-conformance management on civil/infrastructure projects.

You will work with Site Engineers, Site Supervisors and the central QA team to ensure robust quality systems, compliance and timely handover documentation. Barhale values people, safety and continuous improvement across large-scale programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience in civil engineering, utilities, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to implement quality control and drive a QA culture.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, monitor and support the project team in the production of Quality deliverables.
• Promote reporting of non-conformances and drive lessons learned.
• Ensure QA activities align with W&S I and project requirements.
• Lead on-site quality control, inspections, acceptance tests and non-conformances.
• Collaborate with Head of Quality to ensure documentation is produced for commissioning and handover.

Skills

Quality coordination

Communication

Stakeholder management

Quality control

ISO 9001 knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About Barhale

Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors, including:

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects, developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities, including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel-fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products, including PPE

Why join Barhale?

• As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
• Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• A broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK's largest infrastructure projects and clients
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver of our success

Quality Co-ordinator

The Role

Operate within the project environment to support the project team in the production, Coordination, submission, and signing of Quality assurance deliverables.

Coordinate, monitor and support the project team in the production of Quality deliverables following Project W&SI & Management Systems to meet the time, quality and budgetary and health and safety targets.

Ensure Quality Assurance activities applied are comprehensive, robust, in line with the W&SI, and are appropriately applied to the scalability, complexity, and levels of risk across the programme.

Working with Site Engineers and Site Supervisors, reporting into the Site Manager and the central Quality Assurance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the project team to ensure all site quality documentation is coordinated/maintained/recorded/and registered as necessary to ensure compliance with Company procedures and Contract Requirements.
• Promote the reporting of non-conformances.
• Drive the continuous improvement culture by promoting and supporting Lessons learned (post-project) reviews together with shared quality learning events.
• Cascade out the central Quality function reporting and act as the point of interface between the central quality team and regional teams for the quality function.
• Deliver GIRI training to the regional teams. Training will be provided.
• Assist the Assurance team, project, and site team to ensure the quality systems are being implemented across the project.
• Take a lead role in monitoring quality control on-site, compliance with Inspection and Test requirements, deliverable records and closure of Non-conformance and Outstanding Works. overseeing ITP compliance on live works.
• Chase test results and close out records.
• Work with site teams to resolve NCPs.
• Advise the site teams on Quality-related topics and Issue Quality Bulletins and Alerts
• Ensure that the management controls in place are being followed.
• Ensure visibility and traceability of documented evidence are monitored and maintained.
• Offer Quality guidance, direction, and instruction to the operational team to develop and improve their understanding of the Quality Management System

• Gather information and feedback from the Project Teams to enable improvement.
• Promote a positive Quality Culture
• Support the business to ensure compliance with ISO 9001 Standard and contract requirements.
• Be a champion for the Quality - Right First Time initiative.
• Take a proactive role in QA deliverable planning, ensuring all hold points are mapped out and communicated.
• Work closely with the Head of Quality in achieving progressive assurance through the construction phase into the commissioning/ handover phases.
• Work with the Head of Quality to ensure the commissioning and handover documentation is produced in line with project requirements, Utility Company requirements and contract requirements.
• Be a champion for innovation.

Essential

• Experience in civil engineering, utilities, or infrastructure projects
• Previous experience working in a quality Coordinator role.
• Ability to implement quality control.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to influence site teams and drive quality culture

Desireable

• Familiar with ISO 9001 and audit processes
• Experience managing NCRs and QA documentation systems
• In-depth knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of packages

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years, and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.

From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by.

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Continuous service awards