Quality Field Engineer

Quality Field Engineer at Dragados UK & Ireland

Job Summary:

The Field Quality Engineer will work collaboratively with the Lead Field Quality Engineer, Subcontractors, Delivery and Engineering Teams to ensure site quality arrangements are clear and understood, promote quality awareness, adoption of best practices and facilitate quality inspections, and surveillance to support the progressive management of NCRs and compilation of Lifetime Quality Records (LTQRs), thus ensuring compliance with the quality project requirements.

This role is working on the MDJV at Curzon Street in Birmingham.

• Undertake rolling surveillance and compliance monitoring of site quality activities in line with the approved Inspection & Test Plans and act as a MDJV key point of contact for advice related to inspection, testing, materials, nonconformance and quality control. Support and deputise for the Lead Field Quality Engineer (LFQE) as required.
• Liaise with the MDJV Project Quality Lead (QL), Lead Field Quality Engineer (LFQE), Responsible Engineer (RE), Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC), Senior Project and Construction Manager(s) / Project & Construction Managers in all quality control, site materials, construction, inspection, and testing matters.
• Support the Project Quality Culture of ‘Right First Time, Every Time’ and ‘Observe, Engage, Improve, Quality Observations’ within the Project Team, Consultants and Subcontractors. Assist the QL and LFQE to promote quality awareness among the Project Team, Consultants and Subcontractors.
• As required, review subcontractor deliverables (Quality Plans, ITPs, ITRs, MCRs, Samples, Benchmarks and Mock‑ups, Calibration Registers etc) to ensure they meet the requirements of the IMS, ISO 9001, and the Subcontractor Works Information.
• Ensure Inspection and Test Plans contain sufficient detail to address the particular risks associated with the activities, and the evidence required to demonstrate the inspection has been satisfactorily completed and is undertaken by suitably skilled and competent persons.
• Ensure compliance with the Inspection and Test Process on site. Perform site quality surveillance to a rolling schedule and monitor the collation of listed documents in the ITP and ITRs to ensure they are progressively captured, available in the EDMS and accepted, as required.
• Ensure non‑compliance and defects identified by the team during quality surveillance and inspection are raised, reviewed, escalated, and evidenced as closed within agreed time frames. Adopt quality management systems, tools and techniques to improve processes and identify root causes of problems.
• Attend as required, Delivery / Subcontractor / HS2 meetings so that the necessary quality support can be provided.
• Attend as required, the HS2 NEC Supervisor QA and Technical meetings with the Client.
• Work with the LFQE to ensure newly onboarded Subcontractors and Delivery personnel are given Quality training i.e., SWI 600, NCR, ITP/ITR, MCR etc.
• When required, take part in Lessons Learnt workshops to support continual improvement when required. Be consulted and provide input into the Mace Dragados quality procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly reports regarding the Quality Performance of the Project Team and Subcontractors:
  Good Practices, Status of Non‑conformances, Trend Analysis, Status of Audits, KPIs, and ITPs as required by the contract.
• Monitor snagging management with Subcontractors upon completion of the works and arrange joint inspection between MDJV and HS2.
• Ensure notifications (NOWRIs) are sent out to clients and other stakeholders on their ITP control points.
• Support the planning, completion, review and monitoring of project quality records and attend weekly meetings to ensure progressive handover.

• Mix of technical and soft skills
• Good IT/Tech Skills / Innovation
• Good attention to detail
• Excellent analysis / critical thinking / problem solving skills
• Team spirit
• Collaborative nature
• Pragmatic approach

• Fulfil HS2 values: leadership, respect, integrity and safety
• Discharge HS2 behaviours: such as creating an environment where people can do…