Quality Manager

Kier Group; Brackley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Quality Manager to join their Transportation team. This pivotal role involves ensuring that project deliverables meet customer expectations and comply with quality standards. You will manage quality across build activities, implement assurance plans, and conduct root cause analysis for quality issues. The position offers the flexibility of remote working, along with a competitive salary and benefits package, including a car allowance and private healthcare. If you are passionate about quality management and want to make a significant impact in the infrastructure sector, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Annual Car Allowance

Private Healthcare

Flexible Working Hours

Qualifications

• Chartered status or relevant professional qualification required.
• Experience in regulated utilities or infrastructure sector preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality management across all build activities within the contract.
• Develop and implement quality assurance plans and processes.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Root Cause Analysis

Health & Safety Legislation

Documentation Standards

Training and Development

Education

Relevant Degree

Professional Qualification

Job description

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Sector: Manufacturing

Role: SHEQ Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

We are seeking a Quality Manager to join our Transportation team in Brackley, Northamptonshire. In this role, you will ensure that project and contract deliverables align with customer expectations, adhere to standards, and support the overall assurance strategy.

Kier holds a contract for Multi–Utility Diversions on the HS2 project, spanning an 80km route from Southam to south of Aylesbury. High–quality documentation is critical to the project's success, ensuring that site teams provide accurate details and complete work in line with the contract programme.

Location: Brackley, Northamptonshire – remote working available, with travel to the client office on a regular basis and to satellite yards along the 80km route.

Contract: Permanent Fulltime with some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Salary: 45,000 – 60,000 per annum + 5.9k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Quality Manager, you will oversee and strategically manage quality across all build activities within the contract.

Your day to day will include:

• Develop and implement quality framework level assurance plans and processes.
• Ensure that the organisation complies with relevant quality, environmental and safety regulations.
• Define key quality metrics and establish monitoring and reporting systems.
• Conduct root cause analysis for quality issues and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide training to the teams on quality standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensuring documentation provided to the client meets the required standards and specifications laid out in the contract.

What are we looking for?

This role of Quality Manager is great if you have:

• Chartered status in the relevant professional body or appropriate professional qualification.
• Relevant degree (or equivalent) with proven experience within regulated utilities, infrastructure or the built environment sector.
• Full understanding of current Health & Safety Legislation, including HSWA and CDM.
• Full UK driving licence.

Rewards and benefits:

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Diversity and inclusion:

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case–by–case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre–employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to join us.