Certification Manager

Location

• Birmingham

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain's biggest construction project? Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 – Britain's new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester.

It's an incredibly exciting time to join us – we're at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you'd join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

Certification Manager within the Quality Function
. This role will be based on site in Birmingham & Coventry
.

• Implement Technical Assurance Plan (TAP), which governs how BBV plans, manages and discharges its assurance obligations in MLS area
• Implement the Technical Certification Management Procedure (TCMP) and the Plan for Completion, which describe how the project will transfer the constructed assets to HS2, ensuring that BBV can demonstrate compliance to all HS2 works information, standards and contract requirements technical (CRTs) in the MLS area.
• Monitor change and updates to the requirements and ensure appropriately communicated and actioned.
• Support management for delivery of Technical Assurance and Handover from completion of detailed design through to handover packages at each phase of works completion, ensuring full records traceability and availability to the satisfaction of the Client.
• Keep regular coordination with all BBV departments in the regional area involved in the assurance process of all TLC stages.

• At least 5 years of experience in the management of QMS on major projects in the construction industry, UK experience a plus
• Experience of Technical Assurance (compliance requirements), Certification packages, handover and completion.
• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma
• ISO 9001 Audit Experience
• Highly organised with good communication and coordination skills

Autonomy, Initiative, Productive and Efficient BBV behaviours, respecting equality and diversity

• Excellent in spoken and written English (technical writing, etc.)
• Leading teams, people management skills, effective delegation, mentoring and coaching and developing others.
• Ability to anticipate potential quality risks and implement or process preventive measures to limit these risks
• Ability to strike a balance between high quality standards and practicality of site implementation
• Good information management and analytical skills, able to quickly and efficiently seek out the relevant and pertinent points from large volumes of project information.
• High standard of verbal, written communication skills and interpersonal skills, able to effectively communicate technical assurance and system engineering concepts to variety of audiences.
• Capable of working collaboratively and effectively with project delivery teams, management and the project leadership, clients, sub-contractors, regulatory bodies and other major stakeholders, credible in building relationships with all levels of internal and external stakeholders
• Experienced in the use of project information tools and management systems including MS Office and web-based collaboration technologies for project information and process management, such as IBM Doors
• Safety Committed (CSCS card, SMSTS or similar)
• Driving license

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

• Car/ car allowance
• Flexible working available for some roles
• Free parking
• Travel allowance for eligible candidates
• Family friendly leave policies
• Excellent pension contributions
• Healthcare
• Health risk assessments
• Access to employee assistance programmes
• Access to annual flu vaccinations

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long‑established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working…