Quality Advisor – Piling

Salary: £35- £40k + pkg
Location: Birmingham
Regions: Bedfordshire, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, East Midlands, Midlands, Milton Keynes, West Midlands

My client a world leading geotechnical contractor, who specialises in all aspects of modern Geotechnics and Foundation Engineering is seeking an experienced Quality Advisor

Type of works involve bored and displacement piling, diaphragm walls, grouting, mini piling, anchors, ground improvements and environmental engineering working on multi million pound infrastructure projects

This particular role will be based in the midlands working on a very prestigious long term multi million pound project.

Key Tasks

Quality Management

• Supporting delivery teams in achieving the required deliverables, offering quality assistance as required;
• Using digital systems to monitor the performance of quality planning / production of quality deliverables / management of defects & NCRs against targets;
• Attending pre-start meetings for significant projects (either in terms of value, complexity or QA/QC requirements);
• Providing Quality-related training to equip the business with the skills to drive improvements in Quality performance;
• Carrying out Quality Inspections to maintain quality standards and best practice;
• Interaction with the Quality Managers & wider Risk Audit Quality functions;
• Providing production and implementation of the Internal Audit Programme, carrying out local and supplier audits in line with its objectives, and support contracts with external audits (e.g. DNV GL, );
• Engaging with JV partners as required to agree the management system and governance structure for JV projects (where applicable);
• Overseeing the maintenance of the Business Management System, supporting delivery teams as required, and maintaining project documentation to reflect the latest requirements.

Business Improvement

• Driving improvements in Construction Excellence;
• Assisting with the delivery of Parent Company Innovation and 25% by 2025 goals, particularly relating to reducing waste and digitisation;
• Implementing other improvements as directed by the Senior Leadership Team.

Personal Qualities and Experience

• Sound analytical skills, competent in Excel and other statistical analytical software,
• Experience of working with accreditation bodies,
• Carrying out local audits & managing accreditation audits;
• Experience in driving business improvement and leading change within a business;
• Has an ability to gather, analyse and evaluate facts;
• Can work to plans, programmes and budgets;
• Pays attention to detail and sees things through to completion;
• Can deliver reports orally and written in an objective and persuasive manner;
• Has good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Able to work within a multi-discipline team;
• Is good at building relationships and can influence effectively;
• Can demonstrate initiative and resilience;
• Ability to challenge existing methods and ways of thinking;
• Fully proficient in modern office computer systems and technology;
• Either a CQI Practitioner/Member or working towards practitioner/membership status.