About the role
Job Title: Project Quality Advisor
Location: Peterhead / Aberdeen
Company: Balfour Beatty
Project: ASTI
Balfour Beatty Energy is playing a critical role in the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) programme, delivering essential infrastructure that supports the UK’s transition to net zero. We are currently looking to recruit a Quality Advisor to support delivery across our ASTI works in Peterhead.
This role would suit a candidate from a construction background, ideally with civil engineering experience, who has proven Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) expertise on infrastructure or energy projects.
About the Role
As Quality Advisor, you will support “right first time” delivery across the project, ensuring compliance with internal systems, contractual requirements and external standards. You will work closely with construction and delivery teams to drive continual improvement in quality performance.
The role will be based from our Peterhead office.
What you'll be doing
Key Responsibilities
- Support delivery of project and business unit Quality Action Plans
- Implement and maintain quality management planning, including:
- Contract Quality Plans
- Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs)
- Drive QA/QC compliance across civil engineering and construction activities
- Carry out internal and supplier audits, including planning, reporting and close‑out
- Support external certification and compliance (including ISO 9001)
- Challenge existing processes and promote continual improvement
- Provide practical quality coaching and advice to site and project teams
- Support root cause analysis and capture of Cost of Poor Quality
- Assist with quality input into tenders and bid submissions where required
- Produce quality reports and management information
- Support Balfour Beatty’s commitment to:
- Zero Harm
- Sustainability 2030
- Strong ethical and quality-led delivery
Who we're looking for
About You
Essential
- Proven experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Control within a construction energy, infrastructure or civil engineering environment
- Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems
- Ability to work collaboratively with construction, engineering and project teams
- Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
- Competent user of Microsoft Office
- CQI Practitioner status or willingness to work towards it
Desirable
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and internal auditing
- Familiarity with Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Ability to manage your own time and work proactively in a site environment
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
- 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section
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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 more…
About us
From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.
Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
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: BBUK18670
