Regional Quality Lead

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Industry: Rail / Engineering / Highways / Aviation / Civil Engineering

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Operating from numerous locations to support regional teams

Region: Scotland

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Quality Manager to join our growing team. In this crucial position, you will lead and deploy a programme to achieve a right first time, every culture ensure ensuring all projects within the Scotland region adhere to our business systems controls and processes while nurturing and drive a the right culture and behaviours of for continuous improvement.

This role requires regional leadership and expertise in deploying sustainable quality and operational excellence. You will work collaboratively across Amco Giffen to implement a quality toolkit that fosters a quality culture and facilitates effective change management. Your objective will be to promote smarter working practices by enhancing quality and efficiency, ensuring project delivery on time through a right first-time approach, and ultimately reducing costs and underpinned by safe working practices.

• SHEQ Strategy Deployment:
  Support the implementation of the SHEQ Strategy and Quality Management Strategy within the region.
• Quality Readiness Reviews:
  Facilitate and lead Quality Readiness reviews prior to projects commencing on site alongside PMs, Site Agents, and Project Teams.
• BMS Compliance:
  Ensure adherence to the Business Management System (BMS) in your region.
• Quality Procedures Development:
  Create and develop quality-specific procedures and tools aligned with business and industry standards.
• Project Support:
  Be proactively available to support projects, ensuring the implementation of Quality governance.
• Assurance Planning:
  Assist project teams during the planning phase to develop assurance plans that comply with the BMS throughout the project lifecycle.
• Deep Dive Audits:
  Assess quality maturity by conducting deep dive audits in compliance with the Amco Giffen Audits and Inspections Procedure.
• Training and Awareness:
  Support the identification and delivery of quality training to instil a quality culture across the organization.
• Performance Monitoring:
  Track leading and lagging quality performance indicators to identify trends and improvement areas.
• Problem Solving:
  Lead problem identification and resolution activities identified through assurance checks.
• External Assurance Support:
  Assist with external quality assurance activities and supply chain assurance.
• Knowledge Sharing:
  Capture and disseminate key learnings and benefits across other regions.
• Engagement and Representation:
  Collaborate with management and engineering teams on quality initiatives and represent Amco Giffen at relevant client forums.
• Tendering Support:
  Provide quality insights and information for tendering activities as requested.
• Collaboration for Improvement:
  Work jointly to enhance performance and reduce costs associated with poor quality.
• Quality Reporting:
  Produce periodic quality reports as per internal and client requirements, giving visibility of project quality performance.

• BTEC Engineering or an equivalent level of education.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Proven experience in a Quality/Engineering role.
• Membership in the Chartered Quality Institute (or working towards this).
• Hands‑on experience with Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
• Understand and report Quality performance measurement and analysis.
• Familiarity with core quality tools (5 Whys, 8D, FMEA, APQP, Lean Principles).
• Certified Lead Auditor status (ISO 9001:2015).
• Designing, developing or facilitating Quality topics including Induction and Awareness modules.
• Sound understanding of Project Delivery and Engineering processes, procedures documentation.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Operating independently to manage the portfolio of works, aligned to the quality strategy.

• NEBOSH certificate or equivalent.
• HNC in Engineering/Construction.
• Degree in Engineering or related fields. Additional Lead Auditor qualification.
• PTS (Personal Track Safety) certification.
• Membership in…