Quality & Buisness Improvement Manager

Description

• Can produce / manage the production of business improvement plans and quality related documents, databases, reports, inspection requirements and similar
• Support Leadership and business performance, using data to make fact-based interventions and improve quality and efficiency
• Ensure quality requirements are defined, communicated and delivered in an efficient and effective manner including resources / budget / people / subcontractors / third party providers.
• Work with Senior Leaders to implement efficiency and improvement strategies, embed best practice and strategic thinking whilst working with stakeholders to ensure innovation that supports future delivery.
• Champion a project wide culture of Continuous Improvement, quality, Innovation, Knowledge Transfer to empower and engage project teams.
• Responsible for representing and promoting team and project successes to enhance SCS and HS2 reputation and legacy across parent companies, HS2 route and across industry
• Drive a delivery quality excellence culture and compliance in the delivery team, through leadership, ownership, influence and expertise. Drive a ‘right first time’ culture.
• Review and implement strategic direction / objectives / targets for Productivity improvement ensuring alignment to wider SCS Strategic goals
• Responsible for engaging senior stakeholders and reviewing activities and teams relating to productivity planning and critical delivery.
• Oversee change and transformation initiatives in the short, medium and long term, leading others along the journey.
• Act as a connector building relationships and networking across parent companies (UK and globally) and other HS2 MWCC.
• Work with the senior management, across the Project providing data driven support in their planning processes.
• Issue accurate and compliant reports, forecasting status, areas of concern, shared excellence and similar, escalate project challenges to ensure resolution.
• Ensure the project remains compliant to allrequirements with robust evidencing in place. Drive a progressive assurance ethos to handover and close out. Collaborate with all parties on the project and support wider business / industry. Includes tendering, design, on site build, off site works scope.
• Managing and developing improvement and change teams based in multiple locations.

Requirements

• Strong people skills, can train, support, influence and manage to get the best from our people and Supply chain.
• Have a strong understanding and experience of Quality and Handover Management to guide project
• Comfortable taking on a “disrupter” role, challenging norms and driving change that benefits project
• Knowledge of industry best practice and quality management systems in UK infrastructure, engineering and construction project delivery.
• Experienced in the whole project lifecycle – can support tendering, delivery, commissioning and
• A Chartered Member of the CQI (Chartered Quality Institute)
• Knowledge of supply chain partners who can support project delivery, ie inspections, audits,
• Strong written and analytical skills to assess information, understand trends and instruct action based of data
• A professional qualification or degree (or equivalent) in an aligned subject
• Able to identify, triage, control and complete quality requirements and in particular higher quality
• Auditor training and experience, ideally IRCA
• Strong leadership, communication and conflict management skills with project/client and corporate

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance