Quality Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent construction company is seeking a Quality Engineer to support quality management across projects. This role involves ensuring compliance, promoting quality control, and developing relationships with stakeholders. Applicants should have experience in a construction environment, strong communication skills, and a relevant qualification. Join us to help build a future heritage in the UK.

Benefits

Performance-related progression opportunities

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience working in a construction environment.
• Ability to identify issues and evaluate data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective time and workload management.
• High computer literacy.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support business through regulatory changes for compliance.
• Provide quality control advice across projects.
• Assist in maintaining technical records.
• Report organizational performance for Sellafield.
• Support training and development for all levels.
• Build relationships with stakeholders for quality standards.

Skills

Construction environment experience

Data evaluation

Communication skills

Time management

Computer literacy

Teamwork

Education

Diploma or degree in quality or engineering-related discipline

Tools

ISO9001 training

Job description

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As a result of this major framework win, we are now seeking a Quality Engineer to join us as a member of the team, responsible for supporting the delivery of an exemplar quality culture across all projects delivered under this framework, as part of our 17-year civils and concrete structures framework for the PPP on Sellafield. It is anticipated that this role will be based in Knutsford/Warrington for approximately 18 months, then the role will be on site in Sellafield.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career through an industry-leading collaboration.

The Quality Engineer role

• Help support the business through any regulatory change to ensure that we remain compliant.
• Provide competent knowledge, skills, and advice to generate and promote quality control in all activities across the project; acting as a subject matter expert on all quality control-related issues.
• Provide a ‘Hands-on Approach' when required to assist projects in maintaining technical records and improving competence.
  Support and regularly liaise with the site teams, key internal and external stakeholders, and other subject matter experts to provide technical input into the Quality Management System; ensuring continuous improvement as per the plan, do, check, act approach.
• Accurately assist in reporting organisational performance for Sellafield.
• Help support awareness and educational programmes to build knowledge, competency (technical, regulatory, and behavioural), and expertise at all levels within SRM.
• Develop strong relationships with stakeholders, supporting the delivery of quality standards/plans and ultimately providing a defect-free end product.

Your profile

The Quality Engineer ensures that quality management principles are effectively implemented across our projects, ensuring compliance with The SRM Way, Framework Quality Management Plans, and other contractual and regulatory requirements. This role requires collaboration with internal teams, supply chain partners, and client representatives to embed a culture of right-first-time delivery, continuous improvement, and learning from experience.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience of working in a construction environment with familiarity with construction roles and trades.
• The ability to identify key issues, evaluate data, and draw informed conclusions.
• Strong written and verbal communication and negotiating skills.
• Effective time and workload management.
• High level of computer literacy.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Educated to Diploma or degree level in a quality or engineering-related discipline.
• ISO9001 trained Auditor (Registered Lead Auditor preferred, IRCA recognised).
• Membership of a relevant quality professional body (e.g., CQI/IRCA).
• Experience of quality management within complex project delivery.
• Experience of writing formal quality management documents and undertaking audits.

Rewards

We're ready to invest in you and your future, offering wide-ranging, performance-related progression opportunities. Our competitive rewards packages feature flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities.

We'd love you to join us in proudly building Britain's future heritage. Apply online now.

Sir Robert McAlpine is focused on being a truly inclusive employer. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still love to hear from you—especially if you're part of a group underrepresented in construction. Our goal is for Sir Robert McAlpine to proportionally represent the diversity of the working population in society. As a family-run business with strong family values, we aim to ensure that Sir Robert McAlpine is a supportive, empowering, and inclusive environment for every team member.