Quality Manager - South Wales/South-West region - andpound;60k-andpound;70k+package (car/car allowance, pension, healthcare) - rail, civil engineering and construction projects

Key Responsibilities:
- Support the implementation of the SHEQ Strategy and Quality Management Strategy within the region.
- Quality Readiness Reviews: Facilitate and lead Quality Readiness reviews prior to projects commencing on site alongside PMs, Site Agents, and Project Teams.
- BMS Compliance: Ensure adherence to the Business Management System (BMS) in your region.
- Quality Procedures Development: Create and develop quality-specific procedures and tools aligned with business and industry standards.
- Project Support: Be proactively available to support projects, ensuring the implementation of Quality governance.
- Assurance Planning: Assist project teams during the planning phase to develop assurance plans that comply with the BMS throughout the project lifecycle.
- Deep Dive Audits: Assess quality maturity by conducting deep dive audits in compliance with Audits and Inspections Procedure.
- Training and Awareness: Support the identification and delivery of quality training to instil a quality culture across the organization.
- Performance Monitoring: Track leading and lagging quality performance indicators to identify trends and improvement areas.
- Problem Solving: Lead problem identification and resolution activities identified through assurance checks.
- External Assurance Support: Assist with external quality assurance activities and supply chain assurance.
- Knowledge Sharing: Capture and disseminate key learnings and benefits across other regions.
- Engagement and Representation: Collaborate with management and engineering teams on quality initiativesandnbsp;
- Tendering Support: Provide quality insights and information for tendering activities as requested.
- Collaboration for Improvement: Work jointly to enhance performance and reduce costs associated with poor quality.
- Quality Reporting: Produce periodic quality reports as per internal and client requirements, giving visibility of project quality performance.

Requirements:
Previous experience as a Quality Manager in rail and civil engineering project environments.

Essential:
- BTEC Engineering or an equivalent level of education.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Proven experience in a Quality/Engineering role .
- Membership in the Chartered Quality Institute (or working towards this)
- Hands-on experience with Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
- Understand and report Quality performance measurement and analysis.
- Familiarity with core quality toolsandnbsp;
- Certified Lead Auditor status (ISO 9001:2015).
- Designing, developing or facilitating Quality topics including Induction and Awareness modules
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Sound understanding of Project Delivery and Engineering processes, procedures documentation.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Operating independently to manage the portfolio of works, aligned to the quality strategy.

Desirable:
- NEBOSH certificate or equivalent.
- HNC in Engineering/Construction.
- Degree in Engineering or related fields.

Additional
- Lead Auditor qualification
- PTS (Personal Track Safety) certification.
- Membership in the Chartered Quality Institute.