Quality Manager

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we're shaping the infrastructure that connects communities, drives economic growth, and leaves a lasting legacy. We are currently seeking an experienced Quality Manager to join our Regional Civils team based in Warrington.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the highest standards of quality are embedded across a diverse portfolio of civil engineering and infrastructure projects.

As Quality Manager, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining effective quality management systems across our regional civils projects. Working closely with project teams, clients, and supply chain partners, you will drive a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

What you'll be doing

As a Quality Manager you will:

• Leading the implementation and maintenance of the Business Management System (BMS).
• Providing quality leadership and support across multiple civil engineering projects.
• Conducting audits, inspections, and compliance reviews.
• Supporting project teams in meeting client and regulatory requirements.
• Investigating quality issues, identifying root causes, and driving corrective actions.
• Monitoring performance metrics and reporting on quality objectives.
• Promoting best practice and continuous improvement initiatives across the business.
• Supporting external accreditation and certification requirements, including ISO standards.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following

• Proven experience in a Quality Manager or Senior Quality Advisor role within civil engineering, construction, or infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Experience conducting internal audits and managing non-conformance processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and engage project teams at all levels.
• Professional qualifications in quality management, engineering, or a related discipline are desirable.
• Lead Auditor qualification would be advantageous.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: ***email_hidden***

Job Reference: BBUK19737