Quality Manager/Lead

JOB TITLE: Area Quality Lead

LOCATION: Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset

CONTRACT: Perm

Competitive salary + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

We have a vacancy for an Quality Manager (Area Quality Lead) to join us on the MEH Alliance working on the Hinkley Point C construction project.  This role is critical to ensuring the successful delivery of a nuclear new build project by maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance within their designated area of responsibility. 

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of the quality management system within your designated area, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and project specifications.
• Develop review, and approve QA procedures, work instructions, and quality plans specific to your area, ensuring they are aligned with project requirements and best practices. 
• Conduct or oversee quality control inspections and audits to verify compliance with QA requirements, identifying non-conformances, and implementing corrective and preventive actions as necessary. 
• Manage the documentation process within your area, to ensure the availability of accurate and up-to-date records for regulatory compliance and project traceability. 
• Provide training and guidance to project personnel, on QA procedures, standards, and requirements applicable to your area, promoting a culture of quality awareness and continuous improvement. 
• Identify potential quality risks and hazards within your area, conducting risk assessments, and implementing risk mitigation measures to prevent quality issues and ensure the safety and reliability of the nuclear facility. 
• Ensure compliance with applicable nuclear regulatory requirements, codes, standards, and licensing conditions related to quality assurance and quality control activities within your area of responsibility. 
• Coordinate with other project disciplines, such as engineering, construction, and commissioning, to address interface issues, resolve conflicts, and facilitate smooth integration of quality assurance processes across different project phases.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to quality assurance and quality control activities within your area, preparing regular progress reports, and communicating with project management regarding QA status, issues, and recommendations for improvement.
• Be responsible for development of ITP’s to meet construction schedule requirements.
• Audit all project activities as per project schedule and ad hoc.
• Champion foreign material exclusion, preventing ingress or entrapment of non-specified materials, loose items or debris in equipment and /or systems during assembly and testing.
• Issue of NCR’s where required and facilitating construction in closure of internal and client issued NCR’s. Maintaining NCR/CAR Lessons Learned logs.

Requirements:

• Qualifications in an Engineering discipline, ONC / HNC / HND (or equivalent experience).   
• Preferred membership of Chartered Quality Institute. 
• QMS 2018 Lead Auditor certification, preferred registered with IRCA. 
• Experience in progressively responsible quality engineering positions, within major projects
• Nuclear experience and working within an alliance would be beneficial.