Amentum is a premier global technical and engineering services partner. We draw from a century-old heritage of operational excellence, mission focus, and successful execution underpinned by a strong culture of safety and ethics.
We are now recruiting for a Senior Quality Manager to join us on our major projects located near Aldermaston, this role will be Warrington based, with travel
Purpose and Objective:
1. The role of Senior Quality Manager is to ensure the effective performance of all quality and nuclear safety activities against the compliance requirements of project specifications and standards, and both internal and customer requirements
2. Endorse and demonstrate good quality attitudes and behaviours in line with the company policy values
3. Promoting nuclear safety awareness and developing a ‘Right First Time’ culture throughout the project
4. Lead and take part in License Condition compliance audits.
5. Undertake to correct identified corrective actions where required to maintain or improve compliance and best practice for the company.
Reporting to:
6. Quality Director and Project Director
Responsibilities:
7. Comply with and support the development and management of the Integrated Management System in accordance with ISO and regulatory requirements
8. Responsible for the development, preparation, issue, and control of quality related project documentation
9. Manage the internal and supplier audit programme, including conducting internal and supplier audits and assessments, ensuring that relevant quality grades are clearly identified and documented
10. Responsibility for delivering QA/QC oversight and assurance arrangements for projects and supply chain
11. Ensuring procedures and management processes are maintained in line with all regulatory standards, participate in management assessments and customer feedback. Support / deliver identified corrective actions.
12. Management and coordination of the project quality activities in line with project requirements
13. Provide guidance and advice to project teams on quality issues
14. Encourage learning from experience (LFE) to aid continual improvement
15. Ensuring all project documentation is kept up to date in line with overall project status
16. Represent quality during attendance at project meetings
17. Identify opportunities for improvement and support their pursuance.
18. Establishing a good internal working relationship with project personnel at all levels to ensure the effective and efficient completion of all quality related activities and verify both the organisations and customer’s quality requirements are clearly understood and communicated
19. Support and champion the development and maintenance of a ‘Right First Time’ approach to project execution and promote an authentic nuclear safety culture across the project and throughout the project supply chain
20. Conducting quality compliance checks against ISO and regulatory standards – nuclear and non-nuclear, regular audits/surveillance inspections on project activity both on-site and across the full depth and breadth of the project supply chain, including responsibility for any new supplier audits required for initial supplier assessment and selection purposes.
21. Ensure lessons learned are captured and guidance notes produced and distributed across the project and wider organisation and customer network; lessons learned will address both positive and negative learning opportunities
22. Manage the capture, collation and reporting of quality related KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and provide input as instructed to monthly and ad-hoc management reports
23. Review project quality performance on an ongoing basis seeking opportunities for the delivery of continuous improvements
Experience:
24. Proven experience in a quality management role within the nuclear sector
25. Previous experience working on a nuclear licenced site
26. Detailed knowledge of ONR site licence requirements
27. Understanding of CDM regulations
28. Proven experience on the interpretation and implementation of ISO and regulatory requirements within the nuclear industry
29. Proven ability to produce project related Quality Plans, processes and associated quality documents
30. Experience of the application of quality and safety requirements, both for Licensee and the global supply chain
31. Able to communicate clearly and present in a professional, articulate manner and work effectively in and leading teams
32. Internal Auditor qualification 0 ISO 9001:2015
Preferred
33. Lead Auditor qualification – ISO 9001:2015
34. Engineering qualification or relevant experience and knowledge of design and engineering methodologies
35. Member of Chartered Quality Institute - CQI
We need all candidates to ideally be Security Cleared (SC) or have no issue in obtaining SC.
Amentum is an equal opportunities employer.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.