Quality Site Engineer

Renewables; Glasgow, Blantyre; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Aureos is seeking an experienced QA/QC professional to oversee inspection and testing activities across civil and electrical transmission works. You will manage ITPs, witness points, NCRs, and handover documentation with a focus on compliance to project specs and ISO 9001 standards.

Join Aureos to help verify workmanship, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and drive continuous quality improvements across earthworks, foundations and cable installation for major infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA/QC within transmission, utilities, power, or major infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of ITP development and management.
• Knowledge of civil and electrical installation requirements for substations and transmission infrastructure.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Experience managing NCRs and handover documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate inspection and testing activities across civil and electrical transmission works.
• Ensure compliance with project specs, drawings, standards and client requirements.
• Review and approve quality documentation from subcontractors and suppliers.
• Conduct site inspections to verify workmanship and materials.
• Maintain quality records, inspection reports and handover dossiers for project handover.
• Manage NCRs, corrective actions and close-out.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, commissioning and client teams to meet quality requirements.
• Verify testing and commissioning per approved procedures and ITPs.

Skills

Quality assurance

Quality control

ITP development

Stakeholder management

Drawing interpretation

Attention to detail

Tools

Quality management systems

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) across all civil and electrical transmission project activities.
• Ensure construction and installation works comply with project specifications, drawings, standards, and client requirements.
• Coordinate quality inspections, hold points, witness points, and testing activities.
• Review and approve quality documentation submitted by subcontractors and suppliers.
• Conduct site inspections to verify workmanship, materials, and installation quality.
• Ensure all quality records, inspection reports, test results, and handover documentation are completed accurately and maintained.
• Manage Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), corrective actions, and close-out activities.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, commissioning, and client teams to ensure quality requirements are achieved.
• Monitor installation activities including earthworks, foundations, ducting, cable installation, earthing, equipment installation, and associated transmission infrastructure works.
• Support audits, quality reviews, and client inspections throughout the project lifecycle.
• Verify that testing and commissioning activities are completed in accordance with approved procedures and ITP requirements.
• Ensure as-built records and quality dossiers are compiled and delivered for project handover.
• Identify opportunities for quality improvement and promote best practice across the project.

Key Requirements

• Experience in quality assurance and quality control within transmission, utilities, power, or major infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of ITP development, implementation, and management.
• Knowledge of civil and electrical installation requirements for substations, cable routes, and transmission infrastructure.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Experience managing NCRs, quality audits, inspection records, and handover documentation.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical standards.
• Strong attention to detail, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with National Grid, DNO, or EPC transmission projects desirable.

Equal Opportunities Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Aureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.