Climate17 is working with an established construction and infrastructure business who, due to a strong pipeline of work, is looking to recruit two Construction Quality Managers in the North West (Manchester based) to lead quality assurance across its portfolio of live projects, one with civils experience and the other with experience of working on utilities projects.
These are site-facing and operational roles, with responsibility for embedding strong quality practices across the construction business and ensuring projects are delivered right first time. You will provide clear leadership on quality standards, compliance and continual improvement, while working closely with project teams to ensure quality requirements are effectively implemented.
The role also offers the opportunity to lead and develop a team of Quality Advisors working across multiple projects in the North West of England so prior management experience is beneficial but not essential as support is there, as long as you're willing to grow into a management role in time.
The Role
As Construction Quality Manager, you will:
- Lead quality assurance activity across a portfolio of construction projects and depending on your experience, either working on a range of utilities projects or construction projects with a strong civil engineering bias.
- Promote and embed a proactive quality culture across the business.
- Support the effective implementation of the company's HSQE Management Systems.
- Provide leadership on quality standards, compliance and continual improvement.
- Work closely with site and project teams to ensure quality requirements are implemented effectively.
- Oversee internal audit activity, monitor corrective actions and ensure follow-through.
- Identify recurring delivery and process weaknesses and feed findings into management system improvements.
- Work primarily within ISO 9001, while maintaining awareness of ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and NHSS 16, 23 and 30 requirements where they interface with project delivery.
- Lead, manage and develop a team of Quality Advisors across multiple projects and regions.
- Coordinate workloads and resources to meet changing business priorities.
- Provide coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to Quality Advisors.
- Manage performance and support the ongoing development of the quality team.
- Act as the escalation point for significant quality issues, customer concerns and non-conformances.
- Deliver training, briefings and toolbox talks to project teams.
- Promote best practice and ensure lessons learned are effectively shared across the business
About You
You will have experience working in quality management within live civil engineering or infrastructure environments, with a strong understanding of the quality requirements associated with sectors such as highways, utilities, water, wastewater or public realm.
You will ideally have:
- Level 4 / HNC qualification in Quality or a related subject, or equivalent practical experience.
- ISO 9001 Internal Auditor qualification, essential.
- Lead Auditor qualification, desirable.
- CQI practitioner status, desirable.
- CSCS Card, desirable.
- Experience working on live civil engineering projects.
- Experience supporting projects for major infrastructure or regulated clients, such as highways, water companies or local authorities, desirable.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 9001.
- Awareness of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 where they interface with project delivery.
- Knowledge of client specifications, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) and quality records.
- Knowledge of National Highways Sector Schemes, desirable.
- Understanding of lean tools and quality principles.
- Excellent audit, reporting and analytical skills.
- Experience identifying trends, process weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.
- Proven experience leading, coaching and developing quality professionals across multiple projects.
- Experience delivering training sessions, briefings and toolbox talks.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong Microsoft Office 365 and Teams skills.
- A full driving license and a willingness to travel within the North West region when required.
What You'll Bring
The successful candidate will be a confident and collaborative quality professional who can work effectively with both operational and management teams.
You will be:
- Positive and committed to quality, health and safety and environmental standards.
- Confident providing clear leadership and direction.
- Comfortable working collaboratively with project teams.
- Conscientious, trustworthy and reliable.
- Tactful and diplomatic when managing stakeholders and challenging quality issues.
- Adaptable and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Committed to continual improvement and business success.
- Ambitious, with a genuine interest in developing people and processes.
Interested?
To find out more about this opportunity, or to apply confidentially, please contact:
Katie Pereira
Associate Director | Climate17
katie@climate17.com
Quality Manager - Construction (Civils) and Utilities in Manchester employer: Climate17
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