Senior Quality Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Negotiable
Undetermined
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Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Quality Engineer at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is responsible for ensuring that work meets customer standards, specifications, and schedules while managing quality assurance and control activities. This role involves coaching and developing local management systems, engaging with stakeholders, and promoting a culture of quality within the organization. The position requires collaboration with integrated teams to implement quality plans and monitor performance, ultimately contributing to the delivery of safe and resilient infrastructure. The role is based in Cumbria and may involve occasional travel to other locations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain, and improve local management systems for effective delivery.
- Verify compliance with quality requirements and assist in resolving on-site issues.
- Engage with stakeholders to promote a joined-up approach to quality.
- Assess suppliers' ability to meet specified requirements.
- Collaborate with teams to prepare and implement quality and inspection plans.
- Review and accept supply chain quality submissions.
- Define quality and lifetime record strategies for projects.
- Promote the Quality Policy and support a healthy quality culture.
- Define and implement QA/QC activities to deliver expected results.
- Analyze QA/QC outputs and engage with teams for potential solutions.
- Communicate quality performance to management for effective decision-making.
- Provide oversight of the quality management system and advise users.
- Lead inspections, audits, and investigations, reporting lessons learned.
- Identify and share learning from experience to promote continual improvement.
- Maintain personal and professional development and support staff training.
Key Skills:
- Trained Internal or Lead Auditor to ISO 9001 (desirable).
- Management skills with at least 2 years of team management experience.
- Operational or Project experience within the Nuclear Industry or similar environments.
- Knowledge in a Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) environment (desirable).
- Ability to ensure standards and specifications are met.
- Wide understanding of the industry, including materials and legal requirements.
- Effective engagement with all levels of the organization and stakeholders.
- Relevant security clearance level (if applicable).
- Ability to develop and improve management system arrangements.
- Excellent planning and time management skills.
- Sound knowledge of construction practices and standards.
- Flexible with location, willing to work on and off-site.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Cumbria
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Cumbria
About Us
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure delivers some of the UK’s most complex and critical infrastructure across six core sectors. From working on projects and long-term frameworks, we believe in connecting people, places and communities through responsible infrastructure. Our people are our business. We leverage their expertise to design and deliver safe, resilient infrastructure through innovative solutions. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with revenue of over £3 billion.
Job Description
To make sure that work is carried out to the customer’s standards, specification and schedule and that the correct materials and workmanship are used; ensuring the customer is given quality work and value for money. Deploying quality assurance and control activities to support right first-time delivery for their area. Deploying quality improvement plans in accordance with relevant objectives. Using, capturing and sharing learning from experience to support improvement in quality performance. The Senior Quality Engineer will report directly to the Senior Quality Manager and manage a number of scope packages and Quality Professionals (Quality Engineer/Quality Support).
Requirements
Trained Internal or Lead Auditor to ISO 9001 (desirable) Practitioner/Member of the CQI or working towards Practitioner level as a minimum Good management skills, with at least 2 years’ experience of managing a team, with the ability to motivate self and colleagues to achieve high standards of compliance. Operational or Project experience within the Nuclear Industry or in an environment with similar complexity and risk, sufficient to understand and review end to end processes and propose quality improvements. Knowledge & background in a Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) environment (desirable). Previous experience with temporary works. Ability to ensure standards and specifications are met. Have a wide understanding of the industry, including knowledge of materials, trades, methods and legal requirements Able to engage effectively with all levels of the PPP organisation, suppliers and Stakeholders, to provide coaching, education and challenge and to act as an effective interface between all parties. Relevant security clearance level to access and inspect areas of site within area of responsibility (if applicable). Able to work collaboratively with integrated teams to prepare quality plans and inspection plans and define requirements for lifetime records. Able to use and develop appropriate tools and techniques (including audits, key performance indicators/ dashboards to support trending) to monitor quality performance and measure processes effectiveness. Able to develop, maintain and improve management system arrangements and promote procedural adherence to support right first-time quality delivery Excellent working knowledge of industry techniques Good planning and time management skills; able to manage activities simultaneously without compromising on standards and quality Sound knowledge of construction practises and standards Excellent working knowledge of industry techniques Flexible with location – willing to work both on and off site, as the project evolves.
What's in it for you?
Generous, incremental holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days Family friendly policies and work/life approach Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support Contributory pension scheme Annual bonus scheme Recognition scheme and long service awards Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance We offer a share-save scheme, discounts like cycle-to-work and gym memberships, plus support services for colleagues and their families.
The application process
Click "Apply" to upload your CV, provide contact details, and answer a few role-specific questions. Once your application is reviewed, our Talent team will notify you of the outcome. If selected, you’ll be invited to either an in-person or virtual interview via Teams. At Morgan Sindall, we are an equal opportunities employer and Investors in People company, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace. Morgan Sindall employs only those with the legal right to work in the UK. Proof of eligibility is required during the recruitment process. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Morgan Sindall and any agency terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.