Quality Manager

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Quality Manager

Manchester

An opportunity has arisen for a Quality Manager to join the team at Galliford Try.

Ideally, you will be based in or around Manchester and will have opportunity to travel to Sites across the Region.

What you will be doing:

The Quality Manager will provide quality assurance to project teams and maintain an audit program for the region to improve the quality of our project delivery across Building North West.

You Will:

• Be the regional BMS Champion by promoting knowledge and understanding of the internal quality management at all levels to project teams and in departments.

• Ensuring project teams are compliant with internal processes, specification and standards and regulations through engagement and via audit.

• Working in conjunction with project teams to ensure client requirements are achieved.

• Developing and managing an internal audit programme (1st party audits).

• Administering an audit programme of suppliers and subcontractors (Supplier audits)

• Representing the company at client audits (2nd party audits)

• Representing the company at external audits by certification bodies (3rd party audits)

• Identifying best practice observed during audit and promote sharing across the business.

• Establishing where non-conformance exists and working with teams to understand their occurrence.

• Establishing correction and actions to correct noncompliance, preventing recurrence.

• Contributing to technical and operations forums and monthly business briefing. 

• Aiding and advising project and department managers on implementation of the BMS.

• Making recommendations on improvements to the BMS and commitment to continual improvement.

• Receiving and distributing BMS feedback to relevant people.

• Enabling the distribution of the BMS, as agreed with local management.

About You:

• Experience of quality within the construction industry and process management within the construction setting,

• Understanding of the application of ISO9001:2015 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, client, subcontractor consultant facing role.

• Demonstrate commitment to continual improvement.

• Use of Systems Viewpoint for Projects, Field View, auditing software in providing a successful quality assurance service.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you. 

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues. 

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Building North West business please contact Laura Mitchell on 

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