Quality Management Lead

1079CW
Quality Management Lead
Hinkley Point C, Somerset
Long Term Contract, Full-time
£350 PAYE - £480 Umbrella

Job Purpose / Overview

The role of the Quality Management Lead (QML) is to ensure HPC Project quality requirements are complied with across the full project life-cycle (Contract award, Design, Procurement, Manufacture, Test, Shipping, Construction/Installation, Test/Commission and Contract close out).
The primary purpose of the QML role is to ensure supply-chain adherence to the contracted quality assurance and quality control requirements. QMLs sit within the Quality Department and are deployed to Areas/Programmes to serve this primary purpose. Day to day reporting is to the Quality Delivery Manager (QDM) who sets out their Area/Programme quality requirements in conjunction with the QML and Project Team.
Administrative reporting for the QMLs is to the Quality Delivery Manager (QDM), who ensures that QMLs perform adequately and implement the right processes to deliver to programme quality requirements. This includes development and implementation of Project Quality Control Plans (PQCP). To keep these duties to a manageable level, the Quality Delivery Manager will be supported by a number of Team Leaders.

Principal Accountabilities

- Support the development of quality (QA/QC) arrangements for deployment across the HPC organisation
- Implement key quality arrangements related to the following topics:
Manage Quality Execution
Support Technical Assessment of Suppliers
Conducting Manufacturing Surveillance
Modulating Manufacturing Surveillance
Management of Non-Conformances
Quality Release Certificate Process (where applicable)
Undertake actions to resolve issues relating to the implementation of quality and to bring about
improvements, and support others in these actions.

Knowledge & Skills Essential

General

- Position requires experience in project delivery, preferably in the nuclear power sector, with significant focus
on project quality, with a solid understanding of the Quality Assurance and Quality Control in major projects
across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction and commissioning.
- A clear and considerable understanding of quality management best practice for deployment by large,
complex and contract-led organisations.
- Confident and articulate communicator, able to prepare presentation material, and comfortable addressing
individuals, small groups and very large audiences.
- Able to support and implement practical solutions, whilst remaining open to the ideas of others.
- Experience of interfacing with project teams and with supply chain organisations.
- Analysis of data, preparing reports and making recommendations.
- The ability to influence and to provide constructive challenge which is accepted by others.
- The ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- A team player who recognises how their position impacts and influences others.
- Pro-active and flexible, being prepared to plan and work on own initiative.
- Fluent in English language.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the nuclear sector, ideally new build.
- Knowledge & understanding of nuclear site license conditions.
- Ability to speak French is advantageous.
- Knowledge of pressure and nuclear codes
Qualifications & Experience Essential
- A HNC/HND qualification or degree in a relevant science or engineering subject, or equivalent qualification.
- Broad experience of implementing a variety of quality related solutions
- Proven track record of delivering results
- Proven leadership experience working in a quality assurance/control environment within the nuclear
industry or other relevant safety critical industry.
- Proven experience of interaction and resolving issues with a wide range of stakeholders in a multi-cultural
environment.

Desirable

- Hold a professional accreditation
- Corporate Member or working towards membership of the Chartered Quality Institute & Chartered Quality
Professional
- Commercial exposure, especially supplier management
- Experience of interacting with regulators e.g. the ONR.
- Knowledge of Improvement Methodologies, Tools & Techniques eg. Lean 6 Sigma