Quality Engineer (Power & Utilities)

Vallum Associates Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates Limited seeks a Quality Assurance professional with UK CDM (2015) construction environment experience to promote ISO 9001:2015 compliance across review, audit, induction and management of procedures for electrical infrastructure projects.

You will advise project teams, develop and review procedures, monitor audits, support supplier and subcontractor performance, and facilitate third‑party certification activities to maintain our quality management system.

Qualifications

• Experience promoting ISO 9001:2015 compliance in construction environments.
• UK CDM (2015) construction environment experience with QA.
• Ability to review, audit, induce and manage procedures for complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide QA advice about ISO 9001:2015 to teams, contractors and clients.
• Review and develop procedures and processes for electrical infrastructure projects.
• Plan, perform and report audits; ensure findings are resolved promptly.
• Support PMs with quality-related documents and inductions.
• Monitor supplier/subcontractor performance and site certification.

Skills

Quality Management

ISO 9001:2015

Auditing

Procedures & Documentation

Job description

We are looking for a candidate who has UK CDM (2015) construction environment experience with Quality Assurance

Provide competent quality management advice to promote compliance to ISO 9001: 2015 in the review, audit, certification, induction and management of procedures and processes in electrical infrastructure construction projects.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Provide Quality Management advice about ISO 9001: 2015 to other advisors, managers, employees, contractors and clients, both in the tendering and construction phases. Aim to maintain Services' quality management system to ensure it can design, build, finance, operate and maintain primary electrical infrastructure for its clients.
• Contribute to the review of existing and the development of new procedures/processes. Procedures include those from central Power Networks group project/contract specific. There will also be involvement in the communication, implementation and monitoring within the directorate;
• Monitor compliance with ISO 9001: 2015, procedures, legal and moral obligations, and national, international and client standards. Plan project audits against agreed level 2, 3 and 4 schedules. Will undertake quality management system audits, produce audit reports and ensure findings are resolved promptly.
• Assist and offer guidance to Project Managers in reviewing quality related project documents and requirements. Develop appropriate quality management system inductions, training and communication materials for the project team and subcontractors. Gather lessons learnt and maintains the project cost of poor-quality process. Provide Project Managers with quality related updates for inclusion in monthly reports. Support any quality management system incident investigations.
• Provide a monitoring function to ensure that suppliers, subcontractors and the services they provide exceed our quality management system expectations. This may include conducting external audits and undertaking random performance inspections of field teams to identify issues requiring improvement and highlighting good performance.
• Monitor site certification of materials and equipment, including tool calibration, to ensure compliance with client and project requirements. To maintain associated project records to compile final data book documentation.
• Facilitate third-party audits of Services by external certification bodies. Champion quality management system processes in the business to ensure certification requirements are maintained.