Quality Management Lead (Mechanical)

EDF Energy Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF Energy is seeking a Quality Management Lead (Mechanical) for the Hinkley Point C project and related sites. You will champion QA/QC across engineering and construction, ensuring materials and processes meet top standards from design through commissioning.

With extensive safety-critical project delivery experience, you will lead quality initiatives, guide teams, and influence suppliers while communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders in English (French a plus).

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project delivery within safety-critical industries, preferably nuclear.
• Deep understanding of QA and QC processes across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and construction.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, prepare reports, and recommend improvements.
• Excellent communication skills with confidence to engage with internal teams, supply chain, and external stakeholders.
• Proven leadership in complex quality environments, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively.
• Fluent in English; French language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Champion quality assurance and control standards across complex engineering and construction initiatives, ensuring materials, processes, and supplies meet the highest standards from design through to commissioning.
• Provide strategic quality leadership and governance for nuclear-related projects across multiple sites.
• Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to drive continuous quality improvements.

Skills

Quality management leadership

QA & QC across engineering

Data interpretation & reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership in quality environments

English fluency

Education

HNC/HND or degree in Science or Engineering

Tools

NDT/NDE techniques

Job description

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Contract Partner Company: Mactech Engineering & Inspection

Employing Company: EDF HPC

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Quality Management Lead (Mechanical)
Mactech
Hinkley Point C

Take your career to the next level as a Quality Management Lead and make a vital impact on the success of groundbreaking projects. In this strategic role, you'll champion quality assurance and control standards across complex engineering and construction initiatives, ensuring materials, processes, and supplies meet the highest standards from design through to commissioning. Join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering safe, efficient, and first-time-right outcomes on high-profile projects within the nuclear power sector.

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in project delivery within safety-critical industries, preferably nuclear
• Deep understanding of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) processes across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and construction
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, prepare reports, and recommend improvements
• Excellent communication skills with confidence to engage with internal teams, supply chain, and external stakeholders
• Proven leadership in complex quality environments, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively
• Fluent in English; French language skills are a plus.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• HNC/HND or degree in Science or Engineering, or equivalent qualification
• Significant experience in quality assurance/control in nuclear or other safety-critical industries
• Demonstrable success in delivering results and managing supply chain quality

Nice to Have Skills:

• Knowledge of nuclear sector specifics, including site license conditions and relevant codes
• Experience with pressure systems, welding, NDT/NDE techniques
• Familiarity with improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma
• Professional accreditation, e.g., Chartered Quality Professional or membership with the Chartered Quality Institute
• Regulatory interaction experience, such as with ONR

Other Requirements:

• Ability to work across multiple locations including Bristol, Paris, and other contractor sites
• Willingness to engage in occasional site visits and inspections
• Commitment to health, safety, and environmental standards aligned with EDF Energy policies
• Bring your expertise and passion for quality excellence

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We're not just building new nuclear power stations. We're developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We're a responsible business and proud to be Britain's biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.