About the role
Balfour Beatty Power T&D has a fantastic opportunity for a Quality Engineer / Quality Advisor to join our growing team supporting the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) Project based in South & East Yorkshire.
EGL2 is a major energy infrastructure project that will play a critical role in strengthening the UK's electricity network and supporting the transition to a greener future. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a high-profile project, working alongside industry-leading professionals whilst helping to deliver critical energy infrastructure for generations to come.
At Balfour Beatty, you'll join a business that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous development, with opportunities to grow your career whilst making a real difference.
What you'll be doing
Reporting to the Senior Quality Engineer/Advisor, Quality Manager or Head of Quality, you will support the delivery of a Right First Time culture through the coordination and implementation of quality assurance activities across the project.
You will play a key role in ensuring quality standards are achieved, supporting project teams, driving continuous improvement, and helping to maintain compliance with both client and business requirements.
What You'll Be Doing
- Supporting project teams in the development and implementation of Quality Plans and Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).
- Reviewing supply chain quality documentation and ensuring compliance with project requirements.
- Monitoring and reporting quality performance against agreed project and business KPIs.
- Implementing quality control measures that provide assurance that assets and services are delivered as designed and specified.
- Supporting delivery teams with digital quality and governance systems and assisting with the management of quality issues.
- Maintaining local quality processes within the Quality Management System.
- Conducting internal audits and supporting external certification and Balfour Beatty audits.
- Coordinating project quality deliverables and handover documentation.
- Delivering quality awareness, development and training initiatives across project teams.
- Promoting the sharing of lessons learned and best practice.
- Supporting management reviews and implementation of agreed actions.
- Assisting with investigations into quality-related issues and implementing improvement actions.
Who we're looking for
- Experience within Quality Management, ideally within construction, infrastructure, manufacturing or a related industry.
- Level 4 qualification or above in Quality, Construction, Manufacturing or a relevant discipline.
- CQI Affiliate Membership (ACQI) or higher.
- ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor qualification.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to analyse information objectively and make informed decisions.
- Understanding of quality management methodologies, tools and systems.
- Awareness of change management principles and continuous improvement techniques.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK20817
