Quality Engineer in Birmingham

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project? Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km of the West Midlands stretch of HS2 – Britain’s new high‑speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham and continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us – we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Quality Engineer within the Quality & Assurance Team. This role will be based on site in Birmingham.

• Implement the BBV Way quality management system, which governs how BBV plans, manages and discharges its assurance obligations.
• Advise on the preparation of project quality documents and ensure these documents are prepared by competent people and that they are reviewed and revised as necessary, e.g. IPTs.
• Utilise systems and processes for the management and control of site information, data, design and construction‑related documentation and records.
• Review subcontractors and other suppliers’ assurance and provide guidance and training to the construction team to deliver this approach.
• Review the quality procedures of sub‑contractors and suppliers and, when necessary, undertake audits of their Quality Management Systems.
• Work with design teams to ensure the coordination of interfaces with Statutory Undertakers, Network Rail, Rail Systems contractors, Enabling Works contractors and others.
• Support the construction teams to establish test and inspection plans for review and acceptance prior to construction activities being undertaken.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the project team to ensure the incorporation of buildability, maintainability, whole‑life value, sustainability and safety requirements in design, construction, operations and maintenance.

• Experience of major civil engineering projects, preferably tunnelling.
• Knowledge and experience of working to UK and international standards and codes of practice for the UK Nuclear sector.
• Quality subject‑matter expertise and a proven track record in Quality Management.
• Confidence in working with senior management and the ability to challenge existing ways of working to support business improvement.
• Ability to build strong relationships with delivery teams and project managers.
• Training and facilitation skills and experience.
• A formal qualification in Quality Management, e.g. a Diploma in Quality Management (UK Chartered Quality Institute, British Standards Institute or equivalent).
• Preferably trained ISO 9001 Lead Auditor and/or Internal Auditor.
• Either a CQI Member or working towards membership.
• Working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma.
• Previous experience of managing a team.
• Competent user of modern office computer systems, e.g. Microsoft Office.

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

• Flexible working available for some roles.
• Travel allowance for eligible candidates.
• Family‑friendly leave policies.
• Health risk assessments.
• Access to employee assistance programmes.
• Access to annual flu vaccinations.

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability. We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.