Standards Advisor
Help Shape Quality Excellence Across WPS
Are you passionate about quality, continuous improvement, and helping teams achieve their best?
WPS is looking for a Standards Advisor to join our team and play a key role in maintaining and improving our management systems, quality standards, and operational excellence across the business.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with project teams and supply chain partners, driving best practice, supporting compliance, and helping us deliver exceptional outcomes for our customers. If you enjoy influencing people, coaching others, and making a visible impact on business performance, we’d love to hear from you.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Standards Advisor, you’ll:
- Promote andsupport the practical application of our Operating Framework and quality management systems
- Coach and influenceteams to improve performance, reduce defects, and drive customer satisfaction
- Conductcompliance reviews and internal audits across projects and business activities
- Produce accurate audit reports andsupport corrective actions through to completion
- Support external certification and surveillance audits
- Identifyopportunities to improve processes, procedures, and ways of working
- Share lessons learned and promote industry best practice
- Support teams in maintaining compliance with company, client, and statutory requirements
- Encourage a culture of continuous improvement across the business
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone who combines strong quality and compliance knowledge with excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Essential
- Quality Practitioner (PCQI)
- IRCA Internal Auditor training orequivalent auditing experience
- Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001management systems
- Experience carrying out audits, compliance reviews, or quality assurance activities
- Excellentcommunication, analytical, and report-writing skills
- Ability to coach, mentor, andpositively influence others
- Strongorganisational skills and the ability to manage your own workload
- Willingness to travelnationally as required
Desirable
- Experience within construction, building services, or a related technical environment
- Knowledge of construction methods,regulations, and industry best practice
- Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives and management systems development
Why Join WPS?
At WPS, quality isn’t just about compliance. It’s about helping our people, projects, and customers achieve the best possible outcomes.
You’ll join a supportive and collaborative environment where your expertise will directly influence business performance, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement across multiple projects and teams
This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career while making a genuine impact on how we deliver excellence every day
WPS is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.
We don’t discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work. As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme. Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at wpsrecruitment@wates.co.uk
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