Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Senior Quality Manager – Civils Power & Infrastructure

Location:

Motherwell, Scotland Sector:
Power | Energy | Transmission | Utilities | Infrastructure Employment:
Permanent Salary £80,000 to £85,000 + £7,000 Car Allowance + Bonus

A major UK infrastructure contractor is looking to appoint a Senior Quality Manager to take a lead role across a growing portfolio of electricity transmission projects in Scotland.

This is not a single-project quality position. You will work across a number of major schemes covering substations, overhead lines, and underground cable infrastructure
, providing leadership in assurance, compliance, project quality, and continuous improvement.

The role will suit someone who has operated at the Senior Quality Manager, Quality Manager, QA/QC Manager, or Quality Lead level within major construction, infrastructure, utilities, or energy projects.

You will work closely with senior project leadership, construction teams, engineering, design, clients and supply-chain partners to ensure quality requirements are properly embedded from design and procurement through construction, commissioning and handover.

The position has a strong focus on improving right-first-time delivery
, reducing rework, strengthening assurance and using digital reporting to give project teams better visibility of quality performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading quality assurance and quality control across multiple infrastructure projects
• Supporting the development and implementation of project Quality Management Plans
• Maintaining compliance with ISO 9001
  , client requirements and project standards
• Reviewing and overseeing ITPs, inspection records, check sheets and quality documentation
• Planning and leading project audits, inspections, surveillance and assurance reviews
• Managing significant non-conformances, investigations and Root Cause Analysis
• Ensuring corrective and preventative actions are properly implemented and closed out
• Identifying quality trends, recurring issues and opportunities for improvement
• Working with construction and engineering teams to reduce defects and rework
• Supporting supplier and subcontractor quality performance
• Representing the business during client audits and quality reviews
• Developing quality dashboards and improving the use of digital reporting and data
• Mentoring and developing Quality Managers, Quality Engineers and Quality Advisors

You should have significant experience in quality management within a major engineering or construction environment.

• Power and electricity transmission
• Utilities
• Rail
• Highways
• Nuclear
• Water
• Energy infrastructure

• ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
• Quality assurance and quality control on major projects
• Internal and external auditing
• Inspection and Test Plans
• Non-Conformance Reports
• Client-facing quality assurance
• Managing or developing quality teams

A Degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Construction, Quality Management, or a related discipline is preferred.

A Lead Auditor qualification or professional membership would also be advantageous.

Direct electricity transmission experience is not essential, but candidates with exposure to any of the following will be particularly relevant:

• National Grid
• SSEN Transmission
• 132kV, 275kV or 400kV infrastructure
• Substations
• Underground Cables / UGC

Experience using Power BI, Field View or other digital quality management and reporting systems would also be beneficial.

The position sits within a rapidly expanding Scottish energy infrastructure programme with a substantial pipeline of major transmission work.

It offers the opportunity to operate at portfolio level, influence how quality is managed across multiple projects and help develop a growing quality function rather than simply maintaining quality processes on a single scheme.

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position

All correspondence will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.