Senior Quality Engineer

  •  Somerset
  •   £45k - 55k per year £ / Year
  •   Full Time
  •   Permanent
  •   Job Reference RQMT-2Y4T1B-PM

Are you passionate about ensuring quality and safety in a nuclear environment? Do you thrive in a challenging role that requires meticulous attention to detail and excellent communication skills? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our client’s team as a Senior Quality Engineer.

 

Your responsibilities, but are not limited to:

  • Lead on the provision of training, support, and guidance on quality processes and nuclear safety culture fundamentals to project teams and suppliers.
  • To manage out outstanding legacy quality paperwork for designated projects.
  • Lead weekly meetings with the client to provide quality progress updates and maintain meeting minutes.
  • Oversee the review and update of quality documents and processes to align with requirements.
  • Manage the conduct weekly inspections, including onsite inspections and quality documentation inspections.
  • Monitor and follow up on the progression of non-conformance reports, field change requests, and requests for information.
  • Review compiled quality reports before submission with the team.
  • Manage the quality tracker.
  • Raise surveillance observation notifications when required.
  • Promote a Right First Time and Nuclear Safety culture to project teams and suppliers, understanding key risk areas and opportunities for improvement.
  • Promote value added industry best practice and innovative solutions under continual improvement.  
  • Perform statistical analysis on identified deviations and provide feedback for improvement.
  • Provide senior guidance and support on quality deliverables such as inspection and test plans, quality control plans, and procedures.
  • Manage the compilation and submission of Lifetime Quality Record Packs.
  • Manage the identification of, and raising of non-conformances.
  • Manage the production of quality installation record maps.
  • Full review of test results and certificates for compliance.
  • Act as a point of contact for all quality-related matters with senior stakeholders.
  • Oversee the uploads of as-built drawings from the team, and ensure proper documentation.
  • Line management, coaching, and mentoring responsibilities of Quality Engineers/Controllers

Person specification:

  •  Computer literacy, including Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
  • A degree in an engineering or science discipline
  • Minimum five years’ experience in a construction/ heavy industry environment Quality Engineer role
  • Experience of using Fieldview.
  • Strong knowledge of civil construction.
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to multitask and prioritise workload.
  • Ability to read and understand technical drawings.
  • Demonstratable understanding of British Standards.
  • Knowledge and experience of ISO 9001:2015.
  • Understanding of QRA 1, QRA 2, and QRA 3 works.
  • Ability to cultivate good working relationships with site engineers, operational delivery leads, and project managers.
  • Internal auditing experience.
  • Desirable – Team Management & Leadership experience

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