Quality Delivery Lead

Babcock International Group; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear project firm is seeking a Quality Delivery Lead for its Warrington site. The role focuses on developing and implementing quality strategies, ensuring compliance with regulatory and customer standards, and coaching multi-disciplinary teams. Essential qualifications include ISO auditing experience and a strong background in regulated industries. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, along with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Professional fees payment

Holiday Trading benefit

Paid volunteering days

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a nuclear or highly regulated industry.
• Hands-on audit planning and execution experience.
• Experience developing quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive development and delivery of quality strategies.
• Coach and advise teams to embed quality practices.
• Support senior leaders in defining quality processes.

Skills

Quality strategy development

Auditing skills

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Coaching and advising

Education

ISO Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor training

HNC or equivalent in a relevant subject

Job description

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 : SF

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 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 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 Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor training.
• Preferred : HNC (or equivalent) in a relevant subject (e.g. engineering).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting : clearance levels - GOV.UK (

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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.

Cavendish Nuclear