Quality Manager, Aviation in London

The Quality Manager is at the heart of the programme, responsible for leading and managing all aspects of quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) across design, procurement, and construction phases.

This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership.

• Develops, maintains, and verifies implementation of the project quality assurance framework and associated program/plan, for an assigned project.
• Directs quality activities and their effective implementation, communicating with engineering, commercial, construction, administrative services, and other project personnel to ensure management goals and objectives are met.
• Reviews and oversees quality-related procedures to ensure compliance with the quality program/plan.
• Ensures new or revised regulatory requirements are reviewed and, following appropriate change management, incorporated into the quality program/plan.
• Develops, integrates and manages the Bechtel internal audit plan and the program audit plan.
• Supervises and participates in the auditing and monitoring program to verify the effectiveness of the quality program/plan and enable the timely mitigation of technical and program/project risks.
• Drives the continuous improvement and institutionalisation of lessons process.
• Manages, and reports on, the project corrective action system.
• Represents the PMO during quality assurance audits conducted by the customer, management, regulatory agencies, and other project stakeholders.
• Leads the process for onboarding of Bechtel and customer personnel to the program quality management system.

• Requires bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and demonstrated experience integrating organisational quality systems.
• Proven ability to work within and adapt to client-established quality frameworks and governance processes.
• Demonstrated experience managing QA/QC across multidisciplinary design and construction programmes.

• Previous experience with Bechtel.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Certified Lead Auditor (ISO 9001) or equivalent qualification.
• Experience working with airport or regulated infrastructure quality systems, ideally within UK frameworks.

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