Project Senior Quality Engineer

Project Senior Quality Engineer - Infrastructure Programme

Join an exciting and diverse Capital Projects portfolio of multi-Billion GBP investment, over the next 15+ years for the UK Defence sector. Supported by the wider Infrastructure Projects Delivery Quality team, you will be the key lead to ensure projects are delivered to the Quality requirements by working in the project team and with the supply chain. Opportunity to progress to Quality Manager with line management responsibilities.

Location - Reading / Basingstoke / Hybrid role - flexible working from home available

Salary: Starting at £47,690 Negotiable (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work.
• In addition, 208 hours of holiday each year (equal to at least 25 days leave) plus Bank Holidays.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Key accountabilities of this position include:

• Managing & leading Quality, collaboratively within Project Teams and the supply chain, delivering new build projects
• Contribute to a positive Quality Culture from Project Kick-Off to Handover with all stakeholders
• Support to supplier/sub-supplier mobilisation and integration post contract award
• Act as the Intelligent Client representative for AWE
• Task managing, mentoring, training and coaching Quality Engineers
• Lead Quality at key stakeholder meetings including design and technical reviews
• Deputising for the Senior/Principal Quality Manager when required
• Review of supplier Quality Plans and support to wider project artefact reviews
• Conducting/leading internal project and supplier capability audits
• Leading workshops to promote performance improvement
• Presenting quality data to key stakeholders and for reporting metrics and KPIs
• Leading and planning supplier surveillance & Quality Control, e.g., ITPs and FAT activities
• Management of NCRs using root cause analysis quality tools
• Facilitating Learning from Experience workshops
• Seeking cost efficiencies and simplification opportunities
• Management and review of Lifetime Records

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives; we recognise that great people don't always tick every box. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we welcome your application.

To be successful in this role you should have the following skills/experience:

• A proven track record of influencing and engaging with key stakeholders
• Experience in construction, capital project delivery or engineering is required
• Relevant BTEC HNC/HND or equivalent qualification and/or experience
• Membership of a recognised related professional body, or working towards e.g., CQI / IRCA
• ISO9001 Lead Auditor trained and relevant audit experience
• Good knowledge of national and international quality standards, e.g., ISO9001, AQAP-#####
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for process and cost efficiencies/improvements
• Technical knowledge for high integrity structures, systems and components

The following skills and experience are desirable:

• Use of problem solving and improvement tools
• Working on a nuclear licenced site / within the nuclear industry or similar highly regulated industry
• Experience of a graded approach to quality
• Working within an NEC framework for project delivery

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