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Quality Engineer

Job in Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1, Scotland, UK
Listing for: UK Power Networks
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-04
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Regulatory Compliance Specialist, QA Specialist / Manager, Quality Engineering
  • Quality Assurance - QA/QC
    Regulatory Compliance Specialist, QA Specialist / Manager, Quality Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 56576 GBP Yearly GBP 56576.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

This Quality Engineer will report to the Quality and Assurance Manager and will work within Governance, Risk, Compliance & Quality with UKPN Services based in our Heathrow Airport office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £56,576 and a bonus of 3%

We are looking for a candidate who has UK CDM (2015) construction environment experience with Quality Assurance (

Note:

Candidates with Inspection/Quality Control experience will not be considered)

We also provide the following additional benefits

  • Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
  • Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Occupational Health support
  • Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
  • Discounted access to sports and social clubs
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
JOB PURPOSE

You will provide competent quality management advice to promote compliance to ISO 9001: 2015 in the review, audit, certification, induction and management of procedures and processes in electrical infrastructure construction projects. Experience working under UK CDM (2015) requisites is a pre-requisite. Applicants with Inspection/Quality Control backgrounds will not be considered.

PRINCIPAL

ACCOUNTABILITIES
  • Provide Quality Management advice about ISO 9001: 2015 to other advisors, managers, employees, contractors and clients. Aim to maintain UK Power Networks Services' quality management system to ensure it can design, build, finance, operate and maintain primary electrical infrastructure at Heathrow Airport.
  • Contribute to the review of existing and the development of new procedures/processes. Procedures include those from central UK Power Networks group and those which are UK Power Networks Services' project/contract specific. There will also be involvement in the communication, implementation and monitoring within the team based at Heathrow Airport.
  • Monitor compliance with ISO 9001: 2015, procedures, legal and moral obligations, and national, international and client standards. Plan project audits against agreed level 2, 3 and 4 schedules. Will undertake quality management system audits, produce audit reports and ensure findings are resolved promptly.
  • Support the Client Delivery Manager and provide assistance and offer guidance to Project Managers in reviewing quality related project documents and requirements. Develop appropriate quality management system inductions, training and communication materials for the project team and subcontractors. Gather lessons learnt and maintain the project cost of poor quality process. Provide Project Managers with quality related updates for inclusion in monthly reports.

    Support any quality management system incident investigations.
  • Provide a monitoring function to ensure that suppliers, subcontractors and the services they provide exceed our quality management system expectations. This may include conducting external audits and undertaking random performance inspections of field teams to identify issues requiring improvement and highlighting good performance.
  • Monitor site certification of materials and equipment, including tool calibration, to ensure compliance with client and project requirements. To maintain associated project records to compile final data book and Health and Safety file documentation.
  • Facilitate third-party audits of UK Power Networks Services by external certification bodies. Champion quality management system processes in the business to ensure certification requirements are maintained.
  • Be a point of reference for the ISO 44001 Collaborative Working relationship with Heathrow Airport Limited and support the project team in the maintenance of the certification and working relationship.
  • Must be able to demonstrable time spent working in the UK construction industry under the UK CDM (2015) regulations and be able to support the Client Delivery Manager and project team in applying CDM (2015) requirements.
  • NATURE AND SCOPE

    UK Power Networks group is owned by the Cheung Kong Group who are one of the largest investors in the UK and employ over 300,000 people in…

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