Quality Manager

Kier Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Southampton seeks a Quality Manager to support the Southern Region, ensuring QA compliance across projects and driving improvements through ISO standards. The role involves auditing, risk management, investigations, and training to uphold quality and customer satisfaction.

You will work with pre-construction and operational teams, aiming for right‑first‑time delivery, with a focus on continuous improvement and profitability. A full driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Understanding of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 management standards.
• Self-motivated, proactive and highly organised with attention to detail.
• Ability to balance tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Holder of a Full Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-construction and operational teams to ensure right first‑time quality and specification compliance.
• Maintain quality control systems, including auditing, risk management, investigations, complaints and training.
• Oversee ISO integrated management systems and drive continuous improvement.
• Identify concerns, support contract teams to deliver improvements, and address root causes of defects.
• Drive performance improvements to maximise customer satisfaction and profitability.

Skills

ISO 9001 knowledge

ISO 14001 knowledge

ISO 45001 knowledge

Organised / detail-oriented

Strong communication

Full Driving Licence

Job description

We are currently looking to recruit a Quality Manager to support the Southern Region.

Location

Southampton.

Hours

Permanent – 42.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Quality Manager you'll be working within the team, supporting the pre-construction and operational delivery teams with QA compliance & to manage the areas of quality throughout all the projects, to the required quality while maximising customers' satisfaction, project operating margins and the area's profitability.

Your Day To Day Willinclude

• Supporting and assisting the Pre-Construction & Operational teams to ensure a right first-time approach in quality management and specification compliance,
• Ensuring compliance and operational management in Quality Control Systems, including auditing, risk management, investigations, complaint handling, report writing and Quality related training,
• Ensuring the ISO accredited integrated management systems are effectively implemented & monitored, identifying opportunities, and implementing changes to drive continuous improvement,
• Identifying areas of concern and supporting the contract teams to deliver improvements and analyse the root cause of defects and nonconformities, implement corrective action and update processes with lessons learned,
• Driving improvements in Performance Excellence – always working to be better.

What are we looking for?

• Have an understanding of ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 management system standards,
• Work on own initiative, be proactive and highly organised and display a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail,
• Can effectively balance tasks and responsibilities to ensue all work is completed in a timely manner,
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills,
• Hold a Full 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. You can see more information of benefits here.

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. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.