Job Title: Quality Manager
Location: Birmingham - Hybrid working 2-3 days a week
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact on one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure projects?
We are recruiting a Quality Manager to join a leading organisation delivering a transformative infrastructure program. This role focuses on fostering a "right-first-time" culture, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant project delivery across internal teams and the supply chain.
Key Responsibilities:
* Monitor supply chain compliance with contractual standards, including ISO 9001.
* Advise project teams on quality concerns and implement lessons learned.
* Conduct risk-based quality audits and coordinate with other project functions.
* Analyse non-conformances and defects, identifying trends and root causes.
* Drive the implementation of initiatives to reduce the cost of poor quality.
* Promote knowledge sharing and the dissemination of lessons learned.
* Review and approve supply chain quality documents, such as Quality Management Plans.
* Educate and train project teams and supply chains on quality processes and metrics.
About You:
Skills:
* Strong report writing and presentation skills.
* Proven ability to influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders.
* Effective project management and workload prioritization abilities.
Knowledge:
* Educated to degree, HND, or HNC level, preferably in engineering or construction.
* Familiarity with audit and assurance processes and the three lines of defence model.
* Completion of an IRCA-approved ISO 9001 Lead Auditor course.
Experience:
* Developing and reporting on quality performance metrics.
* Conducting operational audits and analysing quality-related data.
* Delivering projects that result in measurable business improvements.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to shape the quality standards of a high-profile project that will transform the UK's infrastructure landscape. You’ll work in a collaborative and innovative environment, contributing to a project that prioritizes safety, sustainability, and excellence