Quality Manager

Sector Asset Maintenance & Infrastructure Projects

Location Cumbernauld

This is a Permanent , Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST .

The Vacancy

Quality Manager

Rail / Civil Engineering

Location – Cumbernauld, Scotland

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Quality Manager to join our established and expanding business and be responsible for ensuring that all projects are compliant to the business systems controls, processes and driving a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation.

Business Unit

You will be joining an experienced team of SHEQ professionals supporting business units, projects and contracts across the UK in all matters relating Health, Safety, Quality & Environment. Our SHEQ team consists of specialist advisors in a host of geographical and specialist subject areas.

The Role

As Quality Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring governance arrangements within the Business Management System (BMS) are embedded within the region. Providing effective assurance to internal teams and supply chain to ensure risks are mitigated. Responsible for driving a culture of continuous improvement across the region through deployment of the SHEQ Strategy. The Quality Manager duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Governance

• Support deployment of the SHEQ Strategy within your region
• Ensure that the BMS is implemented and complied with within your region
• Review, updated or develop new procedures as required to address business risks and opportunities and drive continuous improvement
• Support projects within your region to ensure Quality governance is implemented e.g. by development and implementation of robust Quality Plans and ITPs
• To keep up to date with the latest developments in legislation and practice, monitor trends and regularly benchmark to ensure the company remains up to date on related issues

Assurance

• Maintain a risk based audit schedule for your region ensuring appropriate sampling across a representative range of functions, projects and processes
• Deliver robust assurance by completing audits and inspections
• Support teams to undertake root cause analysis where issues are identified following assurance activities
• Ensure appropriate actions are identified and implemented to address identified issues and their root causes
• Review findings of other assurance activities within the region to ensure key trends are identified, understood and appropriate actions implemented
• Coordinate and support external assurance activities such as ISO certification
• Review and maintenance of all Client-specific assurance cases and licences (e.g. NHSS-20, SCCS, Verify and RISQS – Giffen Group, AMCO & D&A).
• Conduct supply chain assurance

Improvement

• Collaboratively identify issues within the region and undertake improvement projects as necessary ensuring benefits and key learning is captured and shared with other regions.
• Act as a conduit for best practice sharing and lessons learned ensuring key learning is captured and shared both across projects within the region and with other regions

Reporting

• Monitor leading and lagging performance indicators for Quality across the region to identify trends and areas for improvement
• Produce reports as requested for the regional management team
• Produce reports as requested to collate into wider SHEQ reporting

Representation

• Represent Amco Giffen at relevant client forums and meetings as appropriate
• Provide support and information for tendering activities as requested

Requirements

To excel in this role, you will have previous experience as Quality Manager in a rail and civil engineering project or framework contract environment.

• CQI Member or equivalent
• Experience in an engineering or construction environment

In return

• Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Company contributory Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
• Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
• Consistent learning opportunities
• A safe place to work
• Employee forum's that provide a platform for having your voice heard

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn't matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

We offer excellent career prospects, a competitive salary, and outstanding training development and support opportunities. You can expect to receive a range of benefits (role dependent) including: