Quality Manager - South Wales/South-West region - £60k-£70kpackage (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 initiatives - 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 tools - 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