Quality Team Manager in Warrington

Purpose of the job

As a Specialist Manager you are responsible for delivery and performance. You will also provide advice and guidance within your specialism and will be a role model for Nuvia values and behaviours, which support our organisational culture and ways of working. A practicing quality professional with good knowledge and experience in the delivery of projects in a highly regulated industry. You work within the business to ensure that business‑level quality requirements and improvements are identified and delivered effectively, and support the management of projects and contracts within the organisation to remain within agreed procedures, maintaining project quality requirements.

Will be responsible for the management of the Projects Engineering & Decommissioning Business Line Project Quality Assurance and Quality Control team.

Reports to: As part of the PE&D, the role reports into the Head of Project Management Office but will be expected to support both Business and Project level quality requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Proactively provide advice and guidance related to your areas of responsibility and/or expertise to external contacts/stakeholders and to colleagues.
• Engage with external contacts/stakeholders and colleagues to build effective relationships and reach mutually beneficial solutions.
• Ensure advice is actioned in a way that achieves the required outcome.
• Develop others to provide advice and guidance to a high standard.
• Identify opportunities to increase our influence in key areas.
• Lead and contribute to business department to deliver objectives set out in the company business plan.
• Lead by example, ensuring that teams you manage or regularly engage with operate in line with our approach and values.
• Review working practices in your area of responsibility to optimise resource allocation and deliver continuous improvement.
• Collect, collate, analyse and present complex information in line with requirements, policies and procedures.
• Identify information gaps and take steps to resolve issues.
• Promote and contribute to the development of employees who report to you, delivering performance that has clear direction, accountability and responsibility.
• Ensure all systems and/or databases in your area of responsibility are accurately maintained and quality checks are undertaken.
• Make recommendations for action when decisions are outside of delegated authority.
• Contribute to the achievement of our strategy by offering feedback and ideas for continuous improvement, motivating other employees to contribute their ideas and feedback.

Occupational Skills and Knowledge

Degree or relevant experience in line with a Quality role and having affiliate status with a view to achieve PCQI or Chartered status.

Duties and Requirements

• Interact with all key stakeholders, Executive Members and/or P+L holders.
• Point of contact for external suppliers and third parties related to specialism.
• Point of contact for the business on their specialism.
• Strong communicator and presentation skills.
• Able to provide specialist advice regarding Quality.
• Strategic decision making.
• Flexibility to travel to other UK offices and sites on occasion as necessary.
• Identify, report and advise on risks and opportunities associated with meeting client regulatory and legal requirements and stakeholder expectations within a project.
• Be able to manage and provide support where necessary to:
• Project Quality Assurance
• Input into project specifications
• Quality documentation – authorship
• Manage project deliverables
• Project LFE collation
• Project LTR collation
• Ongoing sub‑contractor quality documentation review
• Liaison with sub-contractors
• Liaison with client
• Internal audits
• Client audits
• KPI monitoring
• Project quality grading
• Project Continuous Improvement
• Cost of non‑conformance
• Continuous process improvement development & implementation
• Change management support
• Corporate Quality Representation
• Internal audit support
• Governance support
• Company systems management
• Business line representation on corporate strategy & change projects
• Quality grading overview
• External audit support
• Corporate quality communications
• Business Line Quality Support
• Data production to support business‑level quality KPIs
• Support to business line quality communications
• Business line quality process, procedures & guidance
• Management QMS & PMO LFE process & wider business use
• Stakeholder feedback
• Process improvement
• Support to internal audit
• Provision of business line governance & assurance
• Tender support
• Knowledge management
• Business Improvement
• Continuous business improvement
• Lean / Six Sigma support
• Process improvement
• Cost of non‑conformance
• Continuous process improvement, development & implementation
• Change management support