Senior Quality Manager

Swindon Source: WhatJobs

£75,000–£80,000

MB962: Senior Quality Manager
Location: Swindon
Salary: £75,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP
Overview:
First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Senior Quality Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Swindon depot.
Duties and Responsibilities:

Support strategic quality planning and contribute to business wide quality initiatives
Develop Quality Plans and documentation for bids ECI phases and project start up
Act as the initial Quality Manager during mobilisation of new projects
Deliver internal audits in line with the company audit schedule
Conduct supplier reviews supply chain assurance visits and external audit support
Maintain and manage nonconformity logs ensuring timely closure
Visit active projects to review quality performance and provide guidance
Lead or support quality improvement projects and business improvement planning
Facilitate lessons learned forums and ensure insights are shared across teams
Deliver training and coaching on quality matters to non quality staff
Support communication campaigns such as World Quality Week
Attend industry seminars and share learning with the wider business
Promote required cultures such as Nuclear Safety and Collaboration
Deputise for the Head of Quality Management when required

Skills and Experience:

Experience in nuclear defence utilities or other highly regulated sectors
Exposure to large Tier 1 contractor environments
Experience delivering training or coaching on quality topics
Knowledge of integrated management systems
Experience supporting second and third party audits
Familiarity with business wide improvement planning and cultural development
Strong background in quality management within construction engineering or major infrastructure
Experience delivering ISO 9001 audits IRCA 5 day course or equivalent
Ability to develop Quality Plans procedures and assurance documentation
Experience supporting bids ECI phases and early project mobilisation
Strong understanding of document control processes and EDMS platforms such as ProjectWise 4Projects ASite Themis
Knowledge of ISO 19650 and document numbering standards
Experience in supply chain quality supplier assessment or development
Ability to analyse quality data identify trends and drive improvement
Confident communicator able to influence stakeholders at all levels
Competent in MS Office particularly Excel and Word