Quality Delivery Lead

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Quality Delivery Lead. In this role, you'll set the standard for excellence by developing quality strategies and ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 across projects. Your responsibilities include coaching teams, managing stakeholder requirements, and tailoring frameworks for safe delivery. The ideal candidate has experience in regulated industries and holds relevant ISO certifications. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model based in Leicester or Warrington, along with a competitive salary and extensive benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a nuclear or highly regulated industry.
• Hands-on audit planning and execution experience.
• Ability to develop and implement quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of quality strategies across projects.
• Embed quality practices and culture through coaching.
• Define processes and assure compliance with quality targets.

Skills

Quality strategy development

ISO 9001 compliance

Stakeholder management

Coaching multi-disciplinary teams

Education

ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training

HNC in engineering or equivalent

Job description

Quality Delivery Lead

Location: Leicester, GB, LE3 1UF Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Quality Delivery Lead

Location: Leicester, Leicestershire or Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69975

Shape the Future of Nuclear Projects

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Delivery Lead at our Leicester (Leicestershire) or Warrington (Cheshire) site.

The role

As a Quality Delivery Lead, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You set the standard for excellence across a varied, high‑stakes portfolio. You drive the development and delivery of quality strategies that align with Cavendish Nuclear’s objectives and ensure our projects meet customer, regulatory and stakeholder requirements.

Day-to-day, you’ll be

• Driving the development and delivery of quality strategies and plans across programmes and projects.
• Coaching and advising teams at all levels to embed quality practices and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Supporting senior leaders to define processes, set quality targets and assure compliance with ISO 9001 and customer requirements.
• Ensuring stakeholder requirements are captured and met through robust management systems and effective assurance.
• Tailoring quality frameworks for specific projects and activities to enable safe, efficient and repeatable delivery.

This is a full‑time, permanent role working 37 hours per week, based primarily at our Leicester (Leicestershire) or Warrington (Cheshire) sites. Hybrid working patterns are available with four days per week on site.

Essential experience of the Quality Delivery Lead:

• Proven track record in a nuclear or other highly regulated industry delivering quality strategy and assurance at programme or business level.
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor training, with hands‑on audit planning and execution experience.
• Experience developing, implementing and improving quality management systems (QMS) and associated processes.
• Experience influencing and coaching multi‑disciplinary teams and senior stakeholders to embed quality.
• Strong supplier and stakeholder management across complex supply chains and multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications for the Quality Delivery Lead:

• Essential: ISO 9001 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor training.
• Preferred: HNC (or equivalent) in a relevant subject (e.g. engineering).
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’: enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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