Quality Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working up to 40%

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced Quality Manager to lead quality assurance across the ASTI programme in North East Scotland. You will work with construction, design, engineering, commercial and supply chain teams to ensure Right First Time delivery and adherence to customer, regulatory and industry standards.

As a key member of project leadership, you will develop and implement Project Quality Plans, drive improvement actions, and support digital quality systems and audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in Civils/build construction projects and major infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of Quality Management and Assurance on large schemes.
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor training or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of Project Quality Plans and ITPs.
• Provide quality coaching and support to delivery teams and supply chain.
• Ensure customer requirements and regulatory standards are met with robust controls.
• Drive quality metrics, trend analysis and continuous improvement actions.
• Coordinate QA documentation and audits across the project lifecycle.
• Lead audits including preparation for external certification audits.
• Collaborate with customers, designers, contractors and supply chain partners.
• Investigate quality issues, identify root causes and share lessons learned.
• Champion Zero Harm and Right First Time culture.

Skills

Civil engineering

Quality management

Quality assurance

Coaching & mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Education

ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor

Quality Management qualification

CQI Chartered Membership

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

Office 365

Job description

About The Role

Job Title: Quality Manager

Location: North East Scotland / Aberdeen / Peterhead

Company: Balfour Beatty

Project: Energy | Major Infrastructure

Build the infrastructure powering Scotland’s energy future

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Quality Manager to join our Energy business and play a key role in the delivery of our work across the ASTI (Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment) programme in North East Scotland.

This is an opportunity to be part of one of Scotland’s most significant infrastructure programmes, supporting the expansion and reinforcement of the electricity transmission network required to connect renewable energy and help deliver the UK’s transition to net zero.

Working as part of our project leadership and delivery teams, you’ll take ownership of quality assurance across your area of the programme, helping us ensure our projects are delivered Right First Time and in accordance with Balfour Beatty, customer, regulatory and industry requirements.

What you'll be doing

As Quality Manager, you’ll work closely with our construction, engineering, design, commercial and supply chain teams to create a strong and proactive quality culture across the project.

• Lead and support the development and implementation of Project Quality Plans, Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and assurance processes.
• Provide expert quality advice, coaching and support to project delivery teams and our supply chain.
• Ensure customer requirements are clearly understood and appropriate quality controls and assurance mechanisms are in place.
• Drive quality performance, metrics and reporting across the project, identifying trends and implementing improvement actions.
• Support project teams in the use of digital quality and assurance systems to monitor deliverables, inspections and issues.
• Coordinate quality documentation and assurance submissions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead and support project, supplier and internal audits, including preparation for external certification audits.
• Work collaboratively with our customer, designers, consultants, contractors and supply chain partners.
• Support investigations into quality-related issues, identifying root causes and ensuring lessons learned are shared across the programme.
• Champion continuous improvement and challenge existing ways of working where better solutions can be identified.
• Coach and develop quality capability within project teams.
• Maintain a relentless focus on Zero Harm and Right First Time.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for an experienced quality professional who understands major construction and infrastructure delivery and can influence teams at every level.

You Should Have

• Strong experience within a Civils and/or Build construction environment.
• A strong understanding of Quality Management and Quality Assurance within major projects.
• Experience working with SSEN as a customer would be highly advantageous.
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor training.
• Experience of driving business improvement and leading positive change.
• Strong coaching, communication and influencing skills.
• The ability to analyse information, identify trends and turn findings into meaningful improvement actions.
• Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to see actions through to completion.
• Confidence producing and presenting objective written and verbal reports.
• Good knowledge of modern digital systems including Office 365, SharePoint and Power BI.
• CQI Chartered Membership, or be actively working towards Chartered status.

It Would Also Be Beneficial If You Have

• A formal qualification in Quality Management.
• Knowledge of sector-specific certifications and assurance requirements.
• Experience using digital progressive assurance systems or electronic forms.
• Operational experience within construction, energy infrastructure or asset management.

Why join us?

The ASTI programme represents a major period of investment in Scotland's electricity transmission infrastructure and provides the opportunity to build a long-term career working on complex, nationally significant engineering projects.

You'll join a collaborative Balfour Beatty team where Quality is seen as an integral part of successful project delivery – not simply a compliance function.

You'll have the opportunity to influence how projects are delivered, work alongside experienced infrastructure professionals and help establish best practice that can be shared across our wider Energy business.

If you're an experienced Quality Manager from a construction, civil engineering or major infrastructure background and want to play a key role in delivering Scotland's future energy infrastructure, we'd like to hear from you.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland, please visit the Balfour Beatty careers website.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with: [e-mail]