Quality Management Lead – Civils

Overview

In this role you will lead quality management across major civil infrastructure packages, ensuring compliance and robust quality governance. You will collaborate with engineering, construction and commercial teams to drive safe, high-quality project delivery. You will oversee audits, supplier quality, and documentation to support delivery milestones and regulatory compliance. This is a chance to shape quality culture on a high-profile infrastructure programme and deliver measurable improvements. You will work with cross-functional teams to mitigate quality risks and drive continuous improvement.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• salary £68,000 per annum
• benefits package

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor contractor quality performance across major civil engineering packages.
• Audit, assess and challenge suppliers and contractors for compliance with quality management systems and project requirements.
• Oversee quality documentation, inspection records and manufacturing dossiers for complete, accurate project records.
• Ensure manufactured equipment and materials meet technical specifications and quality requirements before site release.
• Coordinate inspection, surveillance and witness activities throughout manufacturing and construction phases.
• Lead quality reviews with project teams, contractors, clients and regulatory bodies.
• Investigate quality issues, identify root causes and drive corrective and preventative actions.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality performance and project delivery.
• Ensure compliance with project quality plans, ISO standards, regulatory requirements and contractual obligations.
• Support supplier qualification, performance monitoring and quality improvement programmes.
• Produce quality reports, KPIs and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineering, construction and commercial teams to proactively identify and mitigate quality risks.
• Champion a positive quality culture across the project, embedding best practice and lessons learned.

Key requirements

• Significant experience in Quality Management within major infrastructure, civil engineering or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of quality assurance, quality control and supplier quality management.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems and quality governance principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence contractors, suppliers and senior project teams.
• Experience working within large-scale infrastructure, energy, nuclear or heavy civils projects is highly desirable.
• A recognised qualification in Quality Management, Engineering, Construction or a related discipline.
• Lead Auditor qualification and/or membership of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) is desirable.

• stakeholder management
• communication
• problem-solving
• ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
• quality governance
• QA/QC

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