Quality Engineer – Nuclear/Defence Site, Plymouth

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

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.