Quality Delivery Lead - Electrical

Balfour; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Quality Delivery Lead - Electrical to ensure quality requirements are met on the Sizewell C Project. Candidates must have an HNC/HND in Quality Management and strong knowledge of ISO 9001:2015. This hybrid role allows for up to 40% remote working, includes generous benefits like 25 days paid leave, and emphasizes inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Quality Management Lead managing large teams.
• Strong interfacing experience with project teams.
• Experience resolving issues with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure MEHA quality requirements are implemented across the project life cycle.
• Coordinate and lead quality‑related elements associated with the supply chain.
• Collaborate with project functions to deliver consistent quality.

Skills

Strong knowledge of ISO 9001:2015

Lead Auditor qualification to ISO 9001

Excellent communication skills

Data analysis skills

Relationship‑building skills

Education

HNC/HND in Quality Management

Relevant science or engineering degree

Job description

Join to apply for the Quality Delivery Lead - Electrical role at Balfour Beatty plc.

Own your career and build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Quality Delivery Lead - Electrical on the Sizewell C Project. This role will be hybrid with 1-2 days based at our Bristol Aztec West office.

About The Role

Sizewell C will create a 3.2 gigawatt power station generating low‑carbon electricity for at least 60 years, adjacent to Sizewell B.

What you’ll be doing

• Ensure MEHA quality requirements are implemented and delivered across the full project life cycle.
• Work with the Quality Manager Leads to define and enforce supply‑chain adherence to contracted quality assurance and control requirements.
• Support the Head of Quality in achieving Integrated Management System arrangements and manage quality for all programme activities.
• Coordinate and lead all quality‑related elements associated with the supply chain.
• Confirm manufactured equipment and components conform to contract design and technical specifications.
• Collaborate with all project functions and the supply chain to deliver consistent, safe, efficient, first‑time quality.
• Submit regular performance reports indicating deviations, corrective actions and issue escalations.
• Act as a point of independent quality escalation for programme team members to the Head of Quality.

Who we’re looking for

• HNC/HND in Quality Management or a relevant science or engineering degree, or equivalent qualification.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 and ideally ISO 19443:2018, with understanding of CFSI risk.
• Lead Auditor qualification to ISO 9001.
• Demonstrated experience as a Quality Management Lead managing large teams on MEH construction projects.
• Experience in the MEH construction and acceptance process, with knowledge of adjacent activities and operational issues.
• Excellent communication skills, able to prepare presentations and address audiences of all sizes.
• Ability to implement practical solutions and incorporate others’ ideas.
• Strong interfacing experience with project teams and supply chain organisations.
• Data analysis, report preparation and recommendation skills.
• Experience resolving issues with diverse stakeholders in a multicultural environment.
• Influencing and constructive challenge skills.
• Relationship‑building skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Pro‑active, flexible and self‑motivated.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.

Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family‑friendly policies: 28 weeks full pay maternity/adoption leave, 4 weeks full pay paternity/partner leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

About Us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market‑leading provider of mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions with over 100 years of engineering expertise. We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work, emphasizing environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and off‑site manufacturing across aviation, buildings, civils, defence, energy and new‑build nuclear sectors.

Balfour Beatty is committed to diversity and inclusion, with a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan and membership of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum, Women into Construction, and other initiatives.