Senior Quality Manager (Rolls Royce)

Balfour Beatty plc; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

Pension

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Senior Quality Manager to lead the project quality team on a major Derby expansion programme. You will establish and maintain the project quality strategy, ensuring work complies with contractual requirements, standards and BB quality processes.

You will drive right-first-time delivery through governance, inspections, and rigorous QA activities across multidisciplinary teams. Strong stakeholder management and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior quality management role within construction or nuclear industries.
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems, assurance and control processes.
• Experience leading quality teams and managing subcontractor quality performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the project quality team with direction and technical leadership.
• Develop, implement and maintain the project Quality Management Plan and processes.
• Ensure quality requirements are understood and embedded across the project.
• Collaborate with project and construction teams to promote right-first-time delivery.
• Monitor quality performance, identify risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead inspection/test plan implementation and quality assurance activities.

Skills

Quality management

Quality systems

Team leadership

Subcontractor quality

Inspection & testing

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the role

alfour Beatty is delivering a major expansion programme in partnership with Rolls-Royce in Derby, supporting the development of critical infrastructure within a highly regulated and technically complex environment.

We’re now looking for an experienced Senior Quality Manager to join the project team and play a key role in maintaining the highest standards of quality across the programme.

This is an exciting opportunity for a quality professional who thrives in complex environments, understands the importance of robust assurance processes and is looking to work on a project where quality is fundamental to successful delivery.

As Senior Quality Manager, you will take a leading role in establishing, implementing and maintaining the project quality strategy, ensuring that works are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements, relevant standards and Balfour Beatty's quality processes.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Quality Manager you will:

• Lead and manage the project quality team, providing direction, support and technical leadership.
• Develop, implement and maintain the project Quality Management Plan and associated quality processes.
• Ensure quality requirements are clearly understood and embedded across the project.
• Work closely with project and construction teams to promote a right-first-time approach.
• Monitor quality performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead the implementation of inspection and test plans, quality control procedures and assurance activities.
• Ensure works are inspected, tested and documented in accordance with project requirements.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Significant experience in a senior quality management role within the construction or nuclear industry.
• Experience working on complex, technically demanding projects.
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems, assurance and control processes.
• Experience managing quality teams and working across multidisciplinary project environments.
• Experience managing subcontractor and supply chain quality performance.
• Strong understanding of inspection, testing, non-conformance and corrective action processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to influence project teams and drive a positive quality culture.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]