Quality Manager

iberdrola; Blantyre; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Family healthcare

Car allowance

Job summary

SP Energy Networks in Hamilton International Technology Park, Blantyre, is hiring a Quality Manager to lead quality management across core, strategic and HVDC portfolios, translating requirements into clear controls and governance across the project lifecycle.

Reporting to the Head of Quality, Environment and IMS, you will manage quality capability, drive improvement initiatives and ensure RIIO-T3 objectives and major capital investments are embedded into delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Engineering, Quality or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality function within SP Transmission's departments, setting direction and governance for quality delivery across projects and portfolios.
• Manage Lead Quality Advisors and specialists, oversee quality performance, compliance and supplier quality, and drive continuous improvement.

Job description

Quality Manager

SP Energy Networks, Hamilton International Technology Park, Blantyre. G72 0HT

Salary from £66,000 with up to 20% Annual Bonus, Family Healthcare and Car Allowance

Permanent / Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days remote)

Closing Date: 2nd October 2026

Purpose

As Quality Manager, you will be accountable for leading quality management across SP Transmission's (SPT) Core, Strategic and HVDC portfolios, ensuring quality requirements, risks and obligations are translated into clear controls, governance arrangements and consistent delivery across the full project lifecycle.

You will be responsible for translating business, regulatory and quality management system requirements into practical strategies, plans, standards, procedures and assurance arrangements that can be embedded into business as usual.

Reporting to the Head of Quality, Environment and IMS, you will lead quality capability through Lead Quality Advisors and wider specialist quality roles, sets functional priorities, allocates internal and external resource and provide management oversight of quality performance, compliance, assurance, supplier performance, escalation and continuous improvement. You will play a key part in translating functional direction into practical delivery arrangements that support RIIO-T3 objectives, major capital investment and wider business commitments.

Responsibilities

Leading the Quality function within the Quality, Environment and IMS Department for SPT Transmission Services, you will set clear direction, priorities, standards and expectations for quality delivery across relevant projects and portfolios. You will provide leadership, management and development to Lead Quality Advisors, Quality Advisors and associated specialist roles, ensuring the team structure, capability, performance and resource model support current and future business requirements, while owning the development, implementation, governance and continuous improvement of the Quality Management Framework, determining functional standards, assurance arrangements, controls and priorities for adoption across SPT

Setting the functional approach to Quality Assurance, audit, inspection and non-conformance management, you will ensure proportionate governance, robust escalation routes and effective follow-up of significant risks, trends and systemic issues are completed. Matters requiring strategic direction, policy approval or enterprise-level governance will be escalated to the Head of Quality, Environment and IMS.

Working closely with the wider business, you will translate business priorities, regulatory requirements and organisational risk into clear functional plans, objectives and improvement programmes. You will lead the development and use of quality performance reporting, management information and trend analysis, ensuring outputs support management decision-making, business assurance and targeted improvement activity. Through the identification and delivery of functional improvement initiatives, you will ensure lessons learned, audit findings, quality trends and business feedback are translated into sustainable improvements in practice, process and control.

Providing advice, challenge and influence to management teams, project leaders and key stakeholders on quality governance, compliance, risk, supplier performance and improvement priorities, you will oversee the effectiveness of supplier and contractor quality arrangements, ensuring significant concerns, recurring issues and performance risks are appropriately addressed, escalated and reflected in future controls or interventions.

Representing the Quality function across internal management forums, Corporate stakeholders and other relevant parties, you will ensure SPT requirements are understood, reflected and supported through the wider management system. You will influence Portfolio, Project Engineering, Construction, Procurement and Leadership teams, embedding quality expectations into Governance, Planning, Design, Procurement and Delivery decisions, driving behavioural change and accountability across portfolios. You will also exercise management judgement on escalated quality matters, including the prioritisation of interventions, deployment of resources, management of risk and resolution of issues with wider business impact.

What you'll bring

You will be degree qualified in Engineering, Quality or a related discipline, or be able to demonstrate equivalent relevant experience. With significant experience in Quality management within an Engineering and Construction environment, you will have accountability for management systems, assurance activities and functional improvement programmes.

You will bring proven experience of leading specialist or multi-disciplinary teams, including performance management, capability development, workforce planning and resource prioritisation. A strong understanding of Quality and regulatory standards is essential, with the ability to interpret r