We're looking for an experienced Quality Manager to join our Transportation team in Glastonbury, Somerset. In this role, you'll be responsible for overseeing our ISO-accredited Integrated Management Systems, with a focus on identifying improvement opportunities and implementing changes to continuously enhance the effectiveness of our quality processes.
Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.
Location: Glastonbury, Somerset - remote working available, with travel to office required
Contract: Permanent Fulltime 37.5 hours per week with some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: £37,500 - £45,000 per year + £5k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits
What will you be responsible for?
As a Quality Manager, you will identify areas for improvement and support operational teams in delivering effective solutions. You'll contribute to process improvement initiatives and enhancement projects across the Somerset Contract, while also overseeing and conducting both internal and external audits.
Your day to day will include:
* Ensure an effective Quality Management System is established, implemented and maintained at all levels
* Liaise with the Client's quality representatives to ensure full agreement and understanding of the project quality requirements and handover compliance requirements
* undertaking Audits in accordance with the Audit Schedule and that any adverse findings, including those raised by others, are closed out in a timely manner
* Assist with the reviewing and evaluating Inspection & Test plans including those of sub-contractors prior to the commencement of work activities, the ongoing monitoring of construction records and review and acceptance of the completed quality record packages
* Collate and manage Quality data and use to identify areas for improvement
What are we looking for?
This role of Quality Manager is great if you have:
* Experience of working collaboratively within the highways industry
* ISO 9001 Internal Auditor qualified
* Understanding of ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 management system standards
* Experience of 3rd party auditing and process
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier