Quality Advisor - Construction

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM Construction are recruiting a Quality Advisor (Operational Delivery) for the Scottish Region, based at our Stepps Office, Glasgow.

BAM Construction intend to be “best in class” for the quality of our projects. Working closely with the region’s construction management, reporting into both the Senior Management Team and the Quality & Improvement Business Partner - Construction, you will be responsible for promoting a class leading quality orientated culture and learning across the region while at the same time ensuring that our project teams fully understand what we are building, the specifications we are building to, testing regimes and our legal responsibilities. A key focus of the role will be implementation of our business quality policies and procedures.

Your mission

You will be responsible for:

• Implementing our quality strategy across the region.

• Work with project teams and our supply chain to strive for continuous improvement of construction quality.

• Engage with BAM Construction’s project teams to review Supply Chain quality issues and assist with resolution.

• Culture – Developing and growing our quality culture within the region, encouraging and assisting project teams to challenge designs, interrogate installations, review certification and properly record compliance.

• Working with our supply chain – consultants, subcontractors and manufacturers to encourage them to share our quality culture and translate it into their own organisations.

• Collating quality data and statistics from within the region and reporting on a monthly basis.

• Work with our Quality & Improvement Business Partner to develop our culture, learning and compliance ownership.

• Knowledge – Assist in producing lesson’s learned bulletins, workshops, learning modules and other methods of sharing knowledge.

• Attend meetings with the Quality & Improvement Business Partner and other regional Quality Advisors enabling a network of information and experiences such that BAM Construction can benefit from for shared learning.

• Prepare case studies and bulletins on regional experiences of defects resolution and new product trials.

• Assist the project teams in drawing up project test and inspection plans, to be implemented and monitored as the project proceeds.

• Provide ‘construction quality’ technical training to project teams/managers on construction details, products and installation.

• Liaise with the regions Aftercare Manager to enable feedback into the processes and systems that will prevent repeat future defect re-occurrences.

• Assist project teams in identifying/reviewing any new, untried (by BAM) products are suitable.

• Audits/Reviews – Supporting and carrying out regular inspections/audit reviews of projects to establish if work is being carried out in accordance with our company procedures, drawings, specifications, product manufacturers recommendations, testing and compliance requirements.

• Support project teams by reviewing details and physical works in progress at various stages of the construction cycle to ensure that we achieve the highest standard of quality in the works we deliver.

• Promoting accurate reporting of non-conformances and provide advice.

• Formal monthly reporting of construction quality issues.

• Represent BAM Construction at meetings or interviews regarding construction quality.

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you will be expected to be an enthusiastic, detailed, and dynamic problem solver. You will have a good technical ability, be able to understand design, product and installation compliance and share knowledge with our project teams.

Relationships will be key in this role, and you will therefore be capable of building relationships with the senior management team and project teams.

You will share our passion for continuously improving everything we do, the way we do it and you will have a desire to bring new, creative, simple and inspiring solutions to our business which will allow us to meet our wider objectives.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Dynamic problem solving capabilities

• The ability to inspire, influence and engage with our operational teams and external stakeholders

• An ability to articulate problems, assess and generate reports

• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills

• The ability to be a team player and to create a culture of continuous improvement rather than blame

• The ability to support, identify solutions and share knowledge

• An ability to educate and train others on quality related matters

• Experience of managing construction quality in delivery

• A high level of technical knowledge across the construction industry

• An understanding of requirements for off-site quality control

• A commitment to want to make a difference and support our teams in delivering the best in the industry

• Ability to work closely with colleagues and be a team player as well as being self-motivated to meet targets and deadlines.

What’s in it for you?

A challenging and continuously changing environment in a forward thinking organisation. In addition to an attractive salary and benefits package, we support further personal growth and development.

Your work environment

People are at the heart of what we do at BAM. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We’re on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Be you! Join us today, so we can achieve amazing things together and build a sustainable tomorrow.

BAM operates a flexible working policy.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process, what you need to know?

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel we need to do something to make it more accessible to you, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

Closing date for applications is 30th December 2024