Quality Manager

Mercury; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercury, a European leader in construction solutions, invites applications for a Quality Manager role in Dublin. You will lead the QA team, set up necessary procedures and systems on site, and drive continuous improvement across large-scale projects.

The role emphasizes safety, collaboration, and robust QA reporting across project stakeholders. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in QA/QC within construction, strong leadership, strategic planning, and experience with Digital Construction Platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in QA/QC or construction quality control.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in QA/QC or an equivalent discipline.
• Proven leadership and ability to motivate teams and ensure performance.
• Strong listening and communication skills.
• Experience implementing Digital Construction Platforms.
• Experience delivering large, high-quality construction projects.
• Experience with IT systems related to QA/QC.

Responsibilities

• Set up procedures, controls & systems on site and ensure compliance.
• Lead the quality team to develop QA approaches and improvements.
• Publish and analyse QA indicators on a weekly basis.
• Attend project meetings and communicate QA metrics to stakeholders.
• Forecast headcount requirements and manage Lean Construction integration.
• Be a key member of the Lean Construction team and drive quality culture.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic planning

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Master’s/primary degree in QA/QC or related

Job description

Quality Manager, Dublin, Ireland

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.

We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities Of The Role

• Ensure a safe working environment for all the people under your management and deliver an incident and injury free project.
• Role model all aspects of working in a safe manner and ensure that all your leadership team do the same.
• Demonstrate understanding and creativity by leading the quality team to develop approaches and solutions to enhance QA coverage and enhance QA impact to the project.
• Attend relevant project meetings.
• You will set up and implement all necessary procedures, controls & systems on site.
• Manage and publish all quality indicators on a weekly basis.
• Effectively communicate project QA indicators to all levels of management and project stakeholders, providing insights into recommended areas for improvements to prevent recurring issues.
• Standardize QA reporting & metrics, ensuring that we are focused on the right measures.
• Gather and analyse feedback to provide recommendations for quality improvements.
• Ensure all quality systems are online in an easily accessible location and that everyone that needs to use them knows where to find them.
• Set up test packs.
• Work with package leads to ensure that systems can be tested and handed over ahead of the published schedule needs.
• Performance management of your team members.
• Keep a rolling 8 week look ahead of constraints and constraints clearing.
• Forecast headcount requirements and agree staffing.
• You will be a key member of the Lean Construction team.

Essential Criteria For The Role

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of all aspects of the delivery of large, high quality construction projects.
• Strong listening and communication skills.
• Adopt the implementation of project Digital Construction Platforms
• Strong Leadership skills with a tested and proven desire to motivate individuals and hold team members accountable for performance.
• Show a track record of delivering on such projects and be able to describe in detail how they lead the team to deliver these results.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Hold a primary or master’s degree in QA/QC or an equivalent discipline.
• Demonstrate a keen understanding of strategic planning as well as tactical execution. Experience working as part of a project, cross-functional team and working with all levels.
• Relevant IT experience.

Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.