Project Quality Manager - Talent Community

Project Quality Manager – Talent Community

Join Laing O'Rourke as a Project Quality Manager in our Talent Community and contribute to the UK’s most ambitious building and infrastructure projects.

In the next 6–9 months (April – June 2026) we expect to engage PQMs for major projects across Healthcare, Life Sciences, Data Centres, Power, Water, Defence, and more. If you have experience in any of these core industries, add your details to our Talent Pool to be kept informed about future opportunities.

• Implement and champion the Quality Management System.
• Serve as the key quality contact for stakeholders, including certification bodies.
• Lead a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and proactive risk identification.
• Deliver training, inductions and toolbox talks to uplift productivity, safety, and quality.
• Review and guide quality‑critical documentation (Quality Plans, ITPs, Method Statements, etc.).
• Monitor and analyse non‑conformances, driving corrective actions and root‑cause analysis.
• Lead/support the Quality Incident Event Process for Category 1 NCRs.
• Leverage digital construction tools to support lifetime quality records and reporting.
• Ensure creation and management of LTQR documentation, maintaining the golden thread.
• Manage requirements across the project lifecycle, ensuring clarity and compliance.
• Represent quality with clients and key stakeholders, reporting performance and KPIs.
• Mentor Quality Engineers and foster strong cross‑functional relationships.
• Support audits, certifications, lessons learned, and pan‑Hub quality initiatives.
• Contribute to strategic quality improvements aligned with organisational goals.

• 10+ years' experience in quality governance, assurance, compliance, improvement or leadership.
• Experience in high‑assurance sectors such as Nuclear, Rail, Energy, Healthcare, etc.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven team‑leadership and prioritisation capability.
• Excellent understanding of ISO 9001:2015 and related standards.
• Digital construction and assurance system experience (Fieldview, Asite, Trimble).
• Ability to work under pressure in complex project environments.

• ISO 9001:2015 Internal/Lead Auditor certification.
• Chartered status with CQI or an equivalent professional body (or working towards).

Laing O'Rourke is an international engineering and construction organisation with over 150 years of heritage, delivering landmark buildings and infrastructure across the UK, Middle East and Australia. Our reputation is built on certainty, reliability and quality.

We are a Disability Confident Employer. We offer inclusive recruitment and workplace adjustments to support candidates with long‑term health conditions or disabilities. If you need the application form in an alternative format or would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email re
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• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Quality Assurance
• Industries:
  Construction and Engineering Services