Quality Manager

Mercury; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercury, a leader in European construction solutions, invites applications for Quality Manager in Dublin, Ireland. You will lead the QA/QC team on major projects, ensure safety, set up procedures, and drive continuous improvements across site operations.

With 10+ years in QA/QC on large-scale construction, you will mentor the team, manage quality metrics, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver projects with certainty and excellence.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of QA/QC in large construction projects.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality construction outcomes.
• Experience with Digital Construction Platforms.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in QA/QC or related field.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe working environment on site and deliver incident-free projects.
• Lead the quality team to improve QA coverage and impact.
• Set up, implement, and publish QA procedures and controls on site.
• Manage and publish weekly quality indicators to stakeholders.
• Forecast headcount and coordinate Lean Construction activities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic planning

Digital Construction Platforms

QA/QC leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in QA/QC or related

Tools

IT systems

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 of 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 of 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.
• Standardise 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.