Project Quality Lead Healthcare

Laing O'Rourke group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Scotland is seeking a Project Quality Lead to ensure excellence on a high-assurance healthcare project. The successful candidate will play a key role in implementing ISO standards, managing quality from day-to-day operations, and mentoring teams. The ideal applicant has over 10 years of experience in quality leadership within high-assurance sectors. This position offers a chance to contribute to significant improvements in patient care quality.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Contribution to significant healthcare projects

Joining a progressive organization

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in quality leadership across assurance, governance, compliance, and improvement.
• Background in high-assurance sectors such as healthcare, nuclear, rail, or energy.
• Strong understanding of ISO 9001:2015, BS 99001, and related standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of ISO 9001 and BS 99001 Quality Management System.
• Maintain the Project Quality Plan ensuring quality in day-to-day delivery.
• Conduct regular site and offsite manufacturing visits.

Skills

Quality leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Digital construction tools

Tools

FieldView

Asite

Trimble

Job description

The Opportunity

As Project Quality Lead, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring that every aspect of the project is executed to the highest standards. You'll shape the quality culture on site, lead a dedicated quality team, and play a pivotal role in delivering a state-of-the-art acute hospital for NHS Lanarkshire.

This is a senior, hands-on role ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, builds strong relationships, and sees quality as a driving force for productivity, risk reduction, and client satisfaction.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the implementation of our ISO 9001 and BS 99001 certified Quality Management System throughout the project.
• Owning and maintaining the Project Quality Plan, ensuring quality is embedded in day-to-day delivery.
• Providing expert guidance on Quality Plans, ITPs, work procedures, materials approvals, and supply chain deliverables.
• Carrying out regular site and offsite manufacturing visits, with the authority to pause work where required.
• Overseeing Field View deployment and managing digital assurance protocols.
• Ensuring progressive, accurate, and complete quality records, maintaining the golden thread of information.
• Managing the Project Handover Plan and supporting NEC Supervisor interactions.
• Coaching, mentoring, and engaging the project workforce to foster a positive quality culture.
• Leading investigations, root cause analysis and continuous improvement through the Quality Incident Event Process (QIEP).
• Using data, digital tools, and analytics to elevate decision-making and performance.

This is your chance to guide quality delivery for a complex, high-assurance healthcare project that will shape the future of patient care in Scotland.

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years' experience in quality leadership across assurance, governance, compliance, and improvement.
• Background in high-assurance sectors such as healthcare, nuclear, rail, or energy.
• Strong understanding of ISO 9001:2015, BS 99001, and related standards.
• Experience managing teams and influencing at all levels.
• Confidence with digital construction tools such as FieldView, Asite and Trimble.
• Proven capability in risk management, stakeholder engagement, and driving continuous improvement.
• Internal/Lead Auditor certification (desirable) and/or membership of CQI or equivalent (desirable).

Why Laing O\'Rourke?

At Laing O'Rourke, quality is not an afterthought - it\'s central to our mission to transform construction through innovation, engineering excellence, and digital delivery. You\'ll join a forward-looking organisation where your expertise will directly influence outcomes on a nationally significant healthcare project.

You\'ll work alongside industry-leading specialists, be supported in your professional development, and contribute to a modern, sustainable healthcare facility that will serve the community for decades to come.

About Us

Laing O\'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O\'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O\'Rourke\'s story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

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