Quality Advisor

At Balfour Beatty, we're delivering the infrastructure that powers homes, businesses and communities across the UK. As investment in the nation's energy network continues to accelerate, our Power Transmission & Distribution business is playing a critical role in connecting renewable energy, strengthening the electricity grid and supporting the UK's transition to Net Zero.

We're looking for a Quality Advisor to join our team in Cardiff and help drive a culture of quality excellence across a portfolio of complex infrastructure projects. While Cardiff will be your base location, this is a field-focused role requiring significant travel to construction sites across Wales and the South West of England, supporting the delivery of major power transmission and distribution projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a business delivering some of the UK's most important energy projects, ensuring quality is embedded throughout every stage of delivery.

As a Quality Advisor, you'll work closely with project teams, supply chain partners and stakeholders to ensure quality requirements are understood, implemented and consistently achieved. You'll support the delivery of a "Right First Time" culture, helping our teams minimise defects, improve performance and continuously raise standards across our projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting project teams in the development, implementation and maintenance of Quality Plans, Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) and assurance processes.
• Undertaking regular site visits across Wales and the South West of England to provide quality support, conduct assurance activities and engage directly with project delivery teams.
• Providing quality advice and guidance to operational teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring and reporting on quality performance against project and business KPIs.
• Ensuring compliance with company procedures, client requirements and industry standards.
• Supporting project teams in the effective use of quality management systems and digital assurance tools.
• Coordinating and undertaking internal audits, while supporting external certification and client audits.
• Assisting with investigations into quality issues, identifying root causes and supporting corrective actions.
• Promoting best practice, lessons learned and continual improvement initiatives across projects.
• Supporting project handover activities by ensuring quality documentation is completed accurately and on time.
• Delivering quality awareness and training activities to project teams and local quality representatives.
• Working collaboratively with operational teams to ensure quality requirements are embedded into everyday delivery activities.
• Supporting the ongoing development and improvement of the Quality Management System.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively across Wales and the South West of England to support multiple project locations.

We're seeking an enthusiastic and motivated quality professional who enjoys building relationships, influencing positive behaviours and supporting operational teams to achieve excellent outcomes.

You may already be working as a Quality Advisor, Quality Engineer, Quality Coordinator or within a broader assurance, compliance or governance role and be looking to develop your career within a leading infrastructure organisation.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Experience in a quality, assurance or compliance role within construction, engineering, utilities, manufacturing or infrastructure environments.
• A good understanding of quality management principles and assurance processes.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Internal Auditor training or experience…