JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Quality Advisor
Purpose of the job
The role will support Quality Leads within the business to ensure that business level quality requirements and improvements are identified and delivered effectively and to process, plus supporting to ensure projects and contracts within the organisation are managed within the bounds of the agreed procedures, and that project quality requirements are maintained.
As part of the Project Management Office, the role reports into one of two Quality Managers, but will be expected to support both Business and Project level quality requirements.
Reports to
Reports into PE&D Quality Managers as part of the PE&D Project Management Office, but day to day works alongside all business line Quality Representatives and Project Teams.
Key Accountabilities
Project Quality Advisors will be supporting the Quality Leads within the team to ensure the requirements of the Project Quality Team and the Business Line Quality and Improvement Team are met. Delivering tasks and giving advice where needed to ensure that quality requirements across the business are delivered successfully.
The role will continue to develop understanding and knowledge of quality through the support to the business and PMO team.
Project Quality Assurance:
Quality Documentation – drafting and authorship
Support to Project Deliverables
Project LFE logging
Project LTR administration
Liaison with Sub-contractors
Liaison with Client
Support to Internal Project Audits
Support to Client Audits
KPI Data Collection
Corporate Quality Representation:
Support to Internal Audits
Governance Support
Company Systems Administration
Support to External Audits
Business Line Quality Support:
Data production to support Business level Quality KPIs
Support to Business Line Quality Communications
Business Line Quality Process, Procedures & Guidance
Support to LFE process
Stakeholder feedback Data Collation
Process improvement
Business Line Governance & Assurance Support
Tender support
Knowledge Management Administration
Business Improvement:
Continuous business improvement Administration
Lean / Six Sigma Support
Process improvement
Cost of non-conformance Data Management
Continuous Process improvement Co-ordination
Change Management Support
Work scope is subject to change in order to support business needs.
Occupational Skills and Knowledge
Relevant work experience in Quality related Roles
Member of CQI or equivalent professional body
Duties and Requirements
* Candidate has participated in aspects of Quality & continuous improvement. E.g.:
* Lean / Six Sigma
* Value Stream Mapping
* LFE, Stakeholder Feedback and Governance/ Internal Audit
* QMS/IMS development / Management
* Authoring of Quality Management Plans and related documentation
* Some knowledge or exposure to process improvement and problem-solving methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, 8D)
* Flexibility to travel to other UK offices and sites on occasion as necessary
* PC literate in Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel
* Articulate with good written communication
Desirable:
General understanding of nuclear industry would be beneficial
Experience of highly regulated industry
Full UK driving licence