Quality Director

Babcock International; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Digital GP

Life assurance

Employee share scheme

Professional fees

Be Kind Day

Holiday trading

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Quality Director to lead quality excellence on the Hinkley Point C project in Somerset. You will guide QA, QC, governance and continuous improvement across a multi-partner alliance, ensuring quality is embedded throughout delivery and lifecycle stages.

This high-profile role requires senior leadership, strong stakeholder management, and a track record of driving quality strategies in nuclear or large-scale construction environments.

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience in quality management within large-scale construction or infrastructure environments.
• Proven ability to develop and implement quality strategies within complex projects, including nuclear.
• Experience leading QA/QC programs and documentation throughout major project lifecycles.
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to influence senior leaders and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quality strategy across the alliance and ensure delivery quality integration.
• Align quality standards and governance across multiple alliance partners.
• Oversee production, verification and timely acceptance of quality records and documentation.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Provide strategic leadership on quality performance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Senior leadership

Quality management

Stakeholder management

Quality culture

Regulatory compliance

Education

Lead Auditor qualification

Quality management systems knowledge

Job description

Job description

Job Title: Quality Director

Location: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

Lead Quality Excellence on One of Europe’s Most Complex Nuclear Construction Programmes

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Director at Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater, Somerset.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of the MEH Alliance on the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. The alliance work across the project to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main Mechanical, Electrical, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (MEH), cabling and associated support services. This innovative approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station’s vast network of rooms.

The role

As a Quality Director, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Being part of the MEH Alliance working on Hinkley Point C is a chance to be involved in a major project with national significance. This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll drive quality assurance, quality control, governance, compliance, and continuous improvement across a complex multi-partner alliance.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Leading the quality strategy across the alliance, ensuring quality is fully integrated throughout project delivery.
• Driving consistency by aligning quality standards, processes, governance, and expectations across multiple alliance partners.
• Overseeing the production, verification, and timely acceptance of quality records and documentation.
• Building a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Providing strategic leadership on quality performance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and organisational capability development.

This role is full time, working 37 hours per week, and is based on-site at Hinkley Point C. Accommodation and travel expenses are paid.

Essential experience of the Quality Director:

• Significant senior leadership experience in quality management within large-scale construction or infrastructure environments.
• Proven success developing and implementing quality strategies within the nuclear industry,.
• Experience leading quality assurance, quality control, and documentation programmes throughout major project delivery lifecycles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders, contractors, and delivery partners.
• Demonstrated success driving cultural change, continuous improvement, and high-performing quality teams.

Qualifications for the Quality Director:

• Lead Auditor qualification (ISO or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a valid UK passport holder, with the ability to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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

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