Senior Quality Engineer - Mechanical

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as an Senior Quality Engineer in Seascale, Cumbria and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.

The following experience/qualifications are required: -

• Quality subject matter expertise and proven track record in Quality Management.
• Confident in working with Senior Management and able to challenge existing ways of working to support business improvement
• The ability to provide Quality leadership
• Build strong relationships with delivery teams and project managers
• Substantial practical experience in quality management in all industry sectors
• Training and facilitation skills and experience
• A formal qualification in Quality Management e.g. 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
• Pays attention to detail and sees things through to completion
• Can deliver reports orally and written in an objective and persuasive manner
• Has good interpersonal and communication skills
• Is a self-starter who manages their own time and seeks to add value to their function

To oversee and maintain all quality procedures and records inline with the project requirements. Supporting the Quality manager in delivery and compliance of a high quality project that meets the needs defined by regulations and customer defined requirements.
What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities;

• To ensure agreed quality arrangements for the project are implemented inclusive of quality plans, inspection and test plans, technical procedures, auditing, progressive assurance sign off.
• Verify that sufficient suitably qualified and experienced personnel (inclusive of supply chain)are in place to perform the effective implementation of the project quality management system
• Roll out Right First-Time philosophy across the project ensuring the basic principles are understood and administered by all project team members.
• Ensuring the work installed meets project specifications, drawings and other technical documents and is completed in line with Inspection and Test Plans
• Ensuring Business Management System, Gated Business Life Cycle and other governance control processes are followed and implemented.
• Carry out inspection audits and capture all actions in project portal. Ensure actions are closed to agreed timelines without impact to project programme.
• Review audit findings and assess for trends. When trends exist agree with project and quality manage mitigation and preventative plans
• Ensure supply chain Quality Management arrangements are in place and where quality grading requirements are referenced, they are followed via the correct level of inspection.
• Monitoring and reporting project performance relating to Quality and agree (and monitor) management actions to drive performance improvements.
• Supporting external accreditation process (including ISO9001 and industry licences)
• Undertaking investigations and implement effective root cause analysis where applicable
• Representing the project with client Quality meetings
• Facilitation of quality related improvement initiative
• Production of project Quality reports including KPIs and metrics
• Carrying out project inspection audits
• Ensuring documentation handover process is progressively updated.

Who we’re looking for

The following experience/qualifications are required: -

• Quality subject matter expertise and proven track record in Quality Management.
• Confident in working with Senior Management and able to challenge existing ways of working to support business improvement
• The ability to provide Quality leadership
• Build strong relationships with delivery teams and project managers
• Substantial practical experience in quality management in all industry sectors
• Training and facilitation skills and experience
• A formal qualification in Quality Management e.g. 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
• Pays attention to detail and sees things through to completion
• Can deliver reports orally and written in an objective and persuasive manner
• Has good interpersonal and communication skills
• Is a self-starter who manages their own time and seeks to add value to their function.

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is a leader in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions.
We design, install and maintain the complex systems and technologies that underpin the UK’s national infrastructure and bring buildings to life.