Overview
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First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Senior Quality Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Swindon depot.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Support strategic quality planning and contribute to business wide quality initiatives
2. Develop Quality Plans and documentation for bids ECI phases and project start up
3. Act as the initial Quality Manager during mobilisation of new projects
4. Deliver internal audits in line with the company audit schedule
5. Conduct supplier reviews supply chain assurance visits and external audit support
6. Maintain and manage nonconformity logs ensuring timely closure
7. Visit active projects to review quality performance and provide guidance
8. Lead or support quality improvement projects and business improvement planning
9. Facilitate lessons learned forums and ensure insights are shared across teams
10. Deliver training and coaching on quality matters to non quality staff
11. Support communication campaigns such as World Quality Week
12. Attend industry seminars and share learning with the wider business
13. Promote required cultures such as Nuclear Safety and Collaboration
14. Deputise for the Head of Quality Management when required
Skills and Experience:
15. Experience in nuclear defence utilities or other highly regulated sectors
16. Exposure to large Tier 1 contractor environments
17. Experience delivering training or coaching on quality topics
18. Knowledge of integrated management systems
19. Experience supporting second and third party audits
20. Familiarity with business wide improvement planning and cultural development
21. Strong background in quality management within construction engineering or major infrastructure
22. Experience delivering ISO 9001 audits IRCA 5 day course or equivalent
23. Ability to develop Quality Plans procedures and assurance documentation
24. Experience supporting bids ECI phases and early project mobilisation
25. Strong understanding of document control processes and EDMS platforms such as ProjectWise 4Projects ASite Themis
26. Knowledge of ISO 19650 and document numbering standards
27. Experience in supply chain quality supplier assessment or development
28. Ability to analyse quality data identify trends and drive improvement
29. Confident communicator able to influence stakeholders at all levels
30. Competent in MS Office particularly Excel and Word
MB962: Senior Quality Manager
Location: Swindon
Salary: £75,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP