Quality Manager

George Leslie Ltd

Scotland

Quality Manager

As Quality Manager you will be leading our Quality team and will report to the Support Services Manager. You will be responsible for quality strategy, business management systems (BMS), policies, planning, procedures, and monitoring to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements, whilst identifying improvements to the BMS. You will lead, advise, coach, mentor and influence the business in a growing construction environment, providing guidance on the effective management of Quality Assurance and Control to project teams and corporate functions in line with the company’s BMS.

Location: Office-based but will include visiting sites across Scotland
Salary: £45-50k
Hours: 44 hours per week

What you will do:

• Work with others to ensure the business maintains its ISO 9001: 2015 certification by leading, promoting, and developing a positive Quality culture within the business and its supply chain whilst identifying areas of improvement within the company’s management processes.
• Raise awareness of Quality throughout the company, through training and education.
• Prepare and distribute, as required, regular company alerts and bulletins on Quality.
• Establish good relations with other departments/functions and construction teams
• Lead the Quality team in assisting project teams with the development and implementation of project specific Quality documents, e.g. Project Quality Plans, Inspection & Test Plans, etc.
• Support our project teams through interaction with management and delivery teams and their supply chain.
• Ensure regular Quality audits of sites are undertaken and produce relevant reports.
• Investigating and reporting on Quality incidents.
• Manage “close out” of corrections and preventive/corrective actions of non-conformances.
• Identify trends for preventative learning and improvement.
• Encourage an open culture of reporting defects and raising non-conformances.
• Participate in client Quality initiatives, forums and working groups.
• Attend and contribute Quality advice and support at meetings, both internally, at site and company level, and externally, such as with clients.
• Assist bidding personnel in the completion of pre-qualification questionnaires.

What you will need:

•     5 years minimum experience in a civil engineering/construction environment.
•     A good understanding of ISO 9001 and its application in construction.
•     An understanding of audit and inspection processes for construction projects and the ability to communicate their value and benefits to the rest of the company.
•     An internal auditor certification is desirable.
•     An understanding of the lifecycle of projects and where quality interfaces.
•     The ability to follow business and function processes and work in an organised manner.
•     Good team working skills as well as the drive to work on your own.
•     Full UK Drivers Licence.

What do we offer?

•     34 days annual leave (including public holidays)
•     Pension scheme
•     Company car/car allowance
•     Life Assurance
•     Private Health Care
•     Flexible working arrangements

We offer the chance to work in a friendly, hard-working, and high-achieving team where you will be encouraged to take responsibility, develop yourself and see the difference you are making to the business.

Our head office is in Barrhead (one mile from Barrhead train station).

Equal Opportunity Employment

We are committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic by law. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a positive interview experience, please let us know.

We promote equal opportunity within George Leslie and value diversity in our workforce. Our commitment to Equal Opportunity and Diversity begins with our recruitment and selection process. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process.

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