Quality Manager – Civil Works & Earthworks Leader

Energy Jobline CVL; Leiston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading salaries

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Civil Works Alliance (CWA) seeks a Quality Manager to lead quality assurance for enabling and earthworks activities on Sizewell C. You will act as deputy to the Quality Lead, driving QA strategy, audits, and continuous improvement across a large infrastructure programme.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive experience in civil projects, and the ability to coordinate across multiple contractors and suppliers to ensure compliant, safe, and right-first-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant quality management or senior quality engineering experience within major civil/infrastructure projects.
• Practical construction experience across earthworks, drainage, highways or enabling works.
• Experience implementing Quality Plans and ITPs across delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as deputy to the Enabling & Earthworks Quality Lead and support quality strategy.
• Provide visible quality leadership to project teams, contractors and supply chain partners.
• Drive implementation of the Quality Management System across enabling and earthworks activities.
• Lead audits, inspections, assessments and assurance activities.
• Manage non-conformances, corrective actions and root-cause investigations.
• Ensure ITPs, quality plans and assurance arrangements are effectively implemented.
• Monitor quality performance, identify trends and give actionable recommendations.
• Support certification, compliance and handover of major infrastructure assets.
• Promote a strong right-first-time culture across multiple interfaces.

Skills

Quality management

Senior quality engineering

Stakeholder management

Audits and assurance

Reporting and risk management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

CQI/ICE membership

Tools

Quality Management System (QMS)

Job description

Civil Works Alliance (CWA) seeks a Quality Manager to lead quality assurance for enabling and earthworks activities on Sizewell C. You will act as deputy to the Quality Lead, driving QA strategy, audits, and continuous improvement across a large infrastructure programme.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive experience in civil projects, and the ability to coordinate across multiple contractors and suppliers to ensure compliant, safe, and right-first-time delivery.