Quality Director

NG Bailey MEH Alliance; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Flexible benefits

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Pension contributions

Discouns and development

Personal development programme

Job summary

NG Bailey MEH Alliance is seeking a Quality Director to join the Hinkley Point C project in Bridgwater, Somerset. You will embed quality into planning, execution and records, ensuring that the MEH scope is installed and verified in line with nuclear safety and regulatory expectations.

You will lead the programme-wide quality function, standardise processes across alliance partners and develop meaningful performance metrics to monitor progress, risks and corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead large, complex quality functions on long-term industrial engineering projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management across multiple functions and partners.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, governance and regulatory expectations.
• Experience in nuclear projects is highly desirable.
• Calm, structured, delivery-focused leadership style.

Responsibilities

• Lead the MEH Alliance Quality Strategy and ensure alignment with HPC quality and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee production, validation and acceptance of quality records with accuracy and timeliness.
• Create a coherent quality approach across Alliance partners and standardise processes.
• Assess and develop the quality organisation to be fit for purpose for next project phase.
• Drive a strong quality culture and governance across the Alliance with clear metrics.

Skills

Quality leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Nuclear industry experience

Quality governance

Job description

Quality Director

Bridgwater - Hinkley Point C Site

Permanent

Competitive Salary + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

NG Baileyare proud to be involved in theHinkley Point Cproject based inBridgwater, Somerset. This is the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain providing zero-carbon electricity for around six million homes.NG Bailey, the UK's leading independent engineering and services business, are proud to be part of theMEH Alliance, a joint venturetodeliver the mechanical, electrical and HVAC installation for the project.

As we grow and progress on the project, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Quality Directorto join us on the project in Bridgwater.

The role will ensure that quality is embedded into how the Alliance plans, executes and records its work,enablingthe programme todemonstratethat theMechanical,Electrical and HVAC scope has beeninstalledand verifiedin accordance withnuclear safety and regulatory expectations.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Develop and implement the MEH Alliance Quality Strategy, ensuring it supports the successful delivery of the programme and aligns with HPC quality and regulatory expectations.Ensuring that quality is fully integrated across construction planning, installation processes, verification and inspection regimes, handover and completion process.
• Lead the programme wide approach to the production,validationand acceptance of quality records, ensuring that documentation is complete, accurate, traceable and delivered on time.
• Create a single coherent qualityapproachacross all Alliance partners, removing fragmentation between partner systems and processes.Ensuring that:
• Quality expectations are clear and consistent
• Roles and responsibilities are understood
• Quality processes are standardised wherever possible
• Assess the capability of the existing Quality organisation and implement any changesrequiredto ensure it is fit for purpose for the next phase of the programme.
• Ensure the programme has the right skills,structureand leadership capability within the quality function. Develop the capability of the quality community across the Alliance
• Drive thedevelopmentof a strong qualitycultureacross the Alliance, where quality is understood as a fundamental part of safe and effective delivery.
• Establishclear governancearrangementsto ensurequalityperformance is monitored, reported and acted upon.
• Developmeaningful performance metrics that allow leadership teams to understand record production progress, emerging risks and areas requiring investigation/intervention.

What we're looking for

• Previous experience leading large and complex quality functions in long term industrial engineering projects.
• Strong operational leadership capabilities
• Excellent stakeholder management, in particular coordinating with stakeholders across various functions, both internal and external to the alliance.
• Confidence in escalating issues and driving operational accountability
• Prior experience in Nuclear would be very advantageous due to the stage of the project we are in
• Calm, structured and delivery-focused leadership style

Benefits

• We are able to offer a competitive salary with generous uplift and allowances for working away from home where required.
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
• Pension with leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Private healthcare
• Discounts
• Personal development programme
• Flexible Benefits

NG Bailey on the Hinkley Point C Project:

We are working across both Hinkley Point C units to deliver the infrastructure that will power the station and its operations, creating 1,000 jobs including many specialist engineers. Works include the design and installation of circa 76,000 cables totalling over 3,000km in length; over 180km of cable containment support systems; fire and environmental sealing; design and installation of earthing systems, and specialist packages associated with data acquisition and plant control.

About Us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.