Quality Director in Bridgwater

NG Bailey are proud to be involved in the Hinkley Point C project based in Bridgwater, Somerset. This is the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain providing zero-carbon electricity for around six million homes. NG Bailey, the UK’s leading independent engineering and services business, are part of the MEH Alliance, a joint venture to deliver the mechanical, electrical and HVAC installation for the project.

As we grow and progress on the project, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Quality Director to join us on the project in Bridgwater. The role will ensure that quality is embedded into how the Alliance plans, executes and records its work, enabling the programme to demonstrate that the Mechanical, Electrical and HVAC scope has been installed and verified in accordance with nuclear safety and regulatory expectations.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Develop and implement the MEH Alliance Quality Strategy, ensuring it supports the successful delivery of the programme and aligns with HPC quality and regulatory expectations.
• Ensuring that quality is fully integrated across construction planning, installation processes, verification and inspection regimes, handover and completion process.
• Lead the programme wide approach to the production, validation and acceptance of quality records, ensuring that documentation is complete, accurate, traceable and delivered on time.
• Create a single coherent quality approach across all Alliance partners, removing fragmentation between partner systems and processes.
• Ensure that quality expectations are clear and consistent.
• Ensure roles and responsibilities are understood.
• Standardise quality processes wherever possible.
• Assess the capability of the existing Quality organisation and implement any changes required to ensure it is fit for purpose for the next phase of the programme.
• Ensure the programme has the right skills, structure and leadership capability within the quality function.
• Develop the capability of the quality community across the Alliance.
• Drive the development of a strong quality culture across the Alliance, where quality is understood as a fundamental part of safe and effective delivery.
• Establish clear governance arrangements to ensure quality performance is monitored, reported and acted upon.
• Develop meaningful performance metrics that allow leadership teams to understand record production progress, emerging risks and areas requiring investigation/intervention.

What we’re looking for:

• Previous experience leading large and complex quality functions in long term industrial engineering projects.
• Strong operational leadership capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, in particular coordinating with stakeholders across various functions, both internal and external to the alliance.
• Confidence in escalating issues and driving operational accountability.
• Prior experience in Nuclear would be very advantageous due to the stage of the project we are in.
• Calm, structured and delivery-focused leadership style.