Assistant Quality Manager 1

Job Description

Mott MacDonald

Position location: Manchester / Cheshire
Recruiter contact: Laura Kennedy

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About the business unit

The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.

The Unit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management.

Overview of role

About the team

The Mott MacDonald Quality Team provide direct quality management, assurance, governance, and audit support to our Project/Sector teams working on major projects across the UK in Rail, Highways, Ports, Aviation, Maritime, Defence, Energy, the Built Environment, Social Infrastructure and Water Infrastructure & Environment.
This role in particular will comment on our portfolio of Energy projects. These projects offer an extensive range of programme support capabilities to our Nuclear Energy clients and offers applicants exposure to interesting and complex projects.

As Assistant Quality Manager, you will carry out delivery of the quality role individually or as the Project Quality Lead, supported by additional members of the Quality Team as identified by the project scope and contract quality commitments/requirements.

What you will contribute to the Quality Team

• In line with experience and knowledge, support the develop and delivery of business improvement programmes as requested by the Project Quality Lead.
• In line with experience and knowledge, support the development of an integrated management system in line with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 & ISO 44001 as requested by the Project Quality Lead.
• Support the maintenance of quality document and record control as requested by the Project Quality Lead and in line with project/contract requirements and quality/contract commitments.
• Support the delivery of internal audits, including contributing to written reports on the findings to promote continued improvement and support the delivery of lessons learnt workshops.
• Support the development of performance and competency trackers as requested by the Project Quality Lead.
• Support the delivery of strong stakeholder engagement internally with PMO, Safety, Sustainability & Risk teams to minimise duplication of effort in the IMS.
• Support and promote collaborative working across the project, alliance/JV partners, client, supply chain and other interested parties.
• Support the Project Quality Lead in the interface & coordination with the wider Project Team, Alliance/JV partners and client in line with experience and project role.
• Other project or developmental activities in line with experience and qualifications.
• You must currently obtain or be eligible for Security Clearance (SC).
• Affiliate member of the CQI and working towards Practitioner membership.
• Have attained an accredited higher education course or hold relevant CQI Foundation Courses (or equivalent).
• Have experience of working in a quality function.
• Hold an IRCA/CQI recognised ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Course.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how ISO 9001:2015 is applied to a working/project environment through gained workplace experience.
• Have experience in producing quality documents, reports and supporting the development and analysis of KPIs.
• Developing problem solving and analysis skills.

Candidate Specification

• You must currently obtain or be eligible for Security Clearance (SC).
• Affiliate member of the CQI and working towards Practitioner membership.
• Have attained an accredited higher education course. Or
• Hold relevant CQI Foundation Courses (or equivalent).
• Have experience of working in a quality function.
• Hold an IRCA/CQI recognised ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Course.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how ISO 9001:2015 is applied to a working/project environment through gained workplace experience.
• Have experience in producing quality documents, reports and supporting the development and analysis of KPIs.
• Developing problem solving and analysis skills.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%
• Life insurance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers
• Annual bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

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