Quality Engineer

Kier Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is recruiting a Quality Engineer to join the Devonport Royal Dockyard team in Plymouth. The role focuses on implementing quality assurance and control on-site, ensuring that construction activities meet defined quality standards and working closely with project teams.

Ideal candidates will have ISO standards experience, CSCS Green card, and strong problem-solving and communication skills to support audits and continuous improvement in a defence-related project environment.

Qualifications

• Quality related qualifications and demonstrable industry experience in ISO standards.
• Experience in quality assurance and control within construction or Defence sectors.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and related quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement quality assurance and control at the project level.
• Work with project teams to ensure products/services meet quality standards.
• Support audits and quality system implementations.
• Monitor processes for quality compliance and document reviews.
• Collect and analyse quality data to identify trends and improvements.

Skills

ISO standards knowledge

Quality inspection methods

Root cause analysis

Quality data analysis

Good communication

Problem solving

Education

CSCS Green labourer card

Job description

We're looking for a Quality Engineer to join our Devonport Royal Dockyard team based in Plymouth.

Location: Plymouth – Devonport Royal Dockyard
Hours: 45 hours per week

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

KierBAM are a Joint Venture partnership between Kier and Bam Nuttall. We are currently delivering an exciting redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site located in Plymouth. As a Quality Engineer, you'll focus on implementing quality assurance and quality control processes at the operational level, working closely with project teams to ensure products and services meet defined quality standards.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quality Engineer, you'll be working within the quality team, supporting them in delivering excellence across the project. Your day to day will include:

• Developing and executing inspection and testing procedures
• Conducting root cause analysis and supporting problem-solving activities
• Monitoring construction processes for quality compliance and reviewing documentation
• Supporting audits and quality system implementations
• Collecting and analysing quality data to identify trends and improvements

What are we looking for?

This role of Quality Engineer is great for you if:

• You hold quality related qualifications and demonstrable industry experience in ISO standards
• You have experience in a similar role, preferably in relevant sectors such as Nuclear and Defence
• You possess a strong understanding of quality principles, inspection methods, and testing
• You have knowledge of relevant standards such as ISO 9001 and industry-specific requirements
• You hold a CSCS Green labourer card and have good communication and problem-solving abilities

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a BPSS checks, which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United KingdomSecurity Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit Making Ground. This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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