Job Overview
Join Our Project Quality Manager Talent Community – shape the future of the UK’s most ambitious projects. Are you a Project Quality Manager with exceptional stakeholder skills and a passion for delivering excellence? Join Laing O'Rourke to contribute to some of the biggest and most complex building and infrastructure projects in the UK.
Over the next 6‑9 months (April‑June 2026) we expect to engage PQMs for a range of major projects and portfolios across multiple sectors, including Healthcare, Life Sciences, Data Centres, Power, Water, Defence.
If you have experience in our core industries – Healthcare, Science & Research, Data Centres, Rail, Nuclear/Power Transmission & Distribution, Defence, Aviation or Prisons – we’d love you to join our Project Quality Manager Talent Pool so we can keep you updated on new opportunities throughout 2025 and into 2026.
Why This Opportunity Matters
As a PQM at Laing O'Rourke you’ll be at the heart of major engineering programmes. You’ll lead the charge on quality assurance and control, embedding a "get it right at first time" culture and ensuring our teams deliver exceptional outcomes.
Your work will directly influence operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and the integrity of some of the UK's most prestigious projects.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Implement and champion the Quality Management System.
* Act as the key Quality contact for stakeholders, including certification bodies.
* Lead a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and proactive risk identification.
* Deliver training, inductions and toolbox talks to uplift productivity, safety and quality.
* Review and guide quality‑critical documentation (Quality Plans, ITPs, Method Statements, etc.).
* Monitor and analyse Non‑Conformances, driving corrective actions and root cause analysis.
* Lead/support the Quality Incident Event Process for Category 1 NCRs.
* Leverage digital construction tools to support lifetime quality records and reporting.
* Ensure the creation and management of LTQR documentation, maintaining the golden thread.
* Manage requirements across the project lifecycle, ensuring clarity and compliance.
* Represent Quality with clients and key stakeholders, reporting performance and KPIs.
* Mentor Quality Engineers and foster strong cross‑functional relationships.
* Support audits, certifications, lessons learned and pan‑Hub quality initiatives.
* Contribute to strategic quality improvements aligned with organisational goals.
Qualifications
* 10+ years’ experience in Quality (governance, assurance, compliance, improvement, leadership).
* Experience in high‑assurance sectors (Nuclear, Rail, Energy, Healthcare, etc.).
* Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Proven team‑leadership and prioritisation capability.
* Excellent understanding of ISO 9001:2015 and related standards.
* Digital construction and assurance system experience (Fieldview, Asite, Trimble).
* Ability to work under pressure in complex project environments.
Desirable
* ISO 9001:2015 Internal/Lead Auditor certification.
* Chartered status with CQI or an equivalent professional body (or working towards).
Benefits
* Private medical insurance.
* Life assurance.
* Personal accident and injury insurance.
* Income protection.
* Pension – basic & enhanced.
* Annual leave.
* Discounts portal.
* Online doctor.
* Voluntary benefits.
* Work‑life benefits.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Car/travel allowance.
Disability Confidence
We are a Disability Confident Employer, offering inclusive recruitment and workplace adjustments to support candidates with long‑term health conditions or disabilities. If you require adjustments or an alternative application format, please let us know.
About Us
We are an international engineering and construction organisation with over 150 years of heritage, delivering landmark buildings and infrastructure across the UK, Middle East and Australia. Our reputation is built on certainty, reliability and quality - and on the passion, ambition and teamwork of our people.
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