Project Quality Lead

Job description

Purpose of the job

A practicing quality professional with good knowledge and experience in the delivery of projects in a highly regulated industry. Working as part of multiple project delivery teams supporting Quality Managers within the business to ensure that business level quality requirements and improvements are identified and delivered effectively and to process, plus supporting to ensure projects and contracts within the organisation are managed within the bounds of the agreed procedures, and that project quality requirements are maintained.

As part of the Project Management Office, the role reports into one of two Quality Managers, but will be expected to support both Business and Project level quality requirements.

Reports to

Reports into PE&D Quality Managers as part of the PE&D Project Management Office, but day to day works alongside all business line Quality Representatives and Project Teams.

Key Accountabilities

Project Quality Lead shall be responsible for all QA and QC matters on projects,  supporting the requirements of the Project Quality Team and the Business Line Quality and Improvement Team as needed. Delivering tasks and giving expert advice where needed to ensure that quality requirements across the business are delivered successfully.

Duties and Requirements

· Candidate has demonstrable experience in aspects of Quality & continuous improvement including:
o Lean / Six Sigma
o Value Stream Mapping
o LFE, Stakeholder Feedback and Governance/ Internal Audit
o QMS/IMS development / Management
o Authoring of Quality Management Plans and related documentation
· Knowledge and experience of process improvement and problem solving methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, 8D)
· Identify, report and advise on risks and opportunities associated with meeting Client regulatory and legal requirements and stakeholder expectations within a project

Desired profile

Project Quality Lead shall be responsible for all QA and QC matters on projects,  supporting the requirements of the Project Quality Team and the Business Line Quality and Improvement Team as needed. Delivering tasks and giving expert advice where needed to ensure that quality requirements across the business are delivered successfully.

Project Quality Assurance:
Input into project specifications
Quality Documentation – Authorship
Manage Project Deliverables
Project LFE collation
Project LTR collation 
Ongoing Sub-contractor Quality documentation review
Liaison with Sub-contractors
Liaison with Client 
Internal Audits
Client Audits
KPI monitoring
Project Quality Grading
Project Continuous Improvement:
Cost of non-conformance
Continuous Process improvement Development & Implementation
Change Management Support
Corporate Quality Representation:
•       Internal Audit support
•       Governance Support
•       Company Systems Management
•       Business Line representation on Corporate Strategy & change projects
•       Quality Grading Overview
•       External Audit Support
•       Corporate Quality Communications
Business Line Quality Support:
•       Data production to support Business level Quality KPIs
•       Support to Business Line Quality Communications
•       Business Line Quality Process, Procedures & Guidance
•       Management QMS & PMO
•       LFE process & wider business use
•       Stakeholder feedback
•       Process improvement
•       Support to Internal Audit
•       Provision of Business Line Governance & Assurance
•       Tender support
•       Knowledge Management
Business Improvement:
•       Continuous business improvement
•       Lean / Six Sigma Support
•       Process improvement
•       Cost of non conformance
•       Continuous Process improvement  Development & Implementation
•       Change Management Support

Work scope is subject to change in order to support business needs.

Occupational Skills and Knowledge
·         Relevant work experience in Quality related Roles (3+ years)
·         Working towards CQP CQI Chartership or equivalent membership of an appropriate professional body

Desirable:

·         General understanding of nuclear industry would be beneficial

·         Experience of highly regulated industry

·         Full UK driving licence

About NUVIA UK

NUVIA est une branche de VINCI, plus grand groupe intégré de concessions et BTP du monde. NUVIA est plus particulièrement l'entité nucléaire du Groupe VINCI et est impliqué dans le cycle de vie tout entier des installations nucléaires, du New Build au démantèlement, en passant par la maintenance et l'exploitation.

NUVIA est en croissance constante, avec plus de 2700 salariés dans le monde. En moyenne, 100 hommes et femmes nous rejoignent chaque année. Maintenant, plus que jamais, nous recherchons de nouveaux talents pour soutenir la croissance du groupe.