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Project Quality Advisor

Birchwood Park, Warrington

Full time / Permanent role

Purpose of the job

The role will support Quality Leads 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 Advisors will be supporting the Quality Leads within the team to ensure the requirements of the Project Quality Team and the Business Line Quality and Improvement Team are met. Delivering tasks and giving advice where needed to ensure that quality requirements across the business are delivered successfully.

The role will continue to develop understanding and knowledge of quality through the support to the business and PMO team.

Project Quality Assurance:

• Quality Documentation – drafting and authorship
• Support to Project Deliverables
• Project LFE logging
• Project LTR administration
• Liaison with Sub-contractors
• Liaison with Client 
• Support to Internal Project Audits
• Support to Client Audits
• KPI Data Collection 

Corporate Quality Representation:

• Support to Internal Audits
• Governance Support
• Company Systems Administration
• Support to External Audits

Business Line Quality Support:

• Data production to support Business level Quality KPIs
• Support to Business Line Quality Communications
• Business Line Quality Process, Procedures & Guidance
• Support to LFE process
• Stakeholder feedback Data Collation
• Process improvement
• Business Line Governance & Assurance Support
• Tender support
• Knowledge Management Administration

Business Improvement:

• Continuous business improvement Administration
• Lean / Six Sigma Support
• Process improvement
• Cost of non-conformance Data Management
• Continuous Process improvement Co-ordination
• 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 
• Member of CQI or equivalent professional body

Duties and Requirements

• Candidate has participated in aspects of Quality & continuous improvement. E.g.:

              - Lean / Six Sigma

              - Value Stream Mapping

              - LFE, Stakeholder Feedback and Governance/ Internal Audit

              - QMS/IMS development / Management

              - Authoring of Quality Management Plans and related documentation

• Some knowledge or exposure to process improvement and problem-solving methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, 8D)
• Flexibility to travel to other UK offices and sites on occasion as necessary
• PC literate in Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel
• Articulate with good written communication 

Desirable:

• General understanding of nuclear industry would be beneficial
• Experience of highly regulated industry
• Full UK driving licence

Benefits include:

• 8.5% Pension Contribution & Life Assurance
• Private Medical Scheme*
• Employee Share Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes: Electrical Vehicles, Technology and Cycle to Work
• 18 Weeks Full Maternity Pay* (+21w SMP)
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service, 31 days after 10 years’ service)
• Option to buy, sell and carry over up to 5 days annual leave per year
• In partnership with trade unions
• Personal Development & Further Education Support
• Long Service & Recognition Awards
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible hybrid & agile working

*After 1 year of service.

The Job Description is a broad statement of the purpose, scope, and responsibilities essential to performing within the role to a required standard.  The role and responsibilities defined within will change with technology, working practices and redefining of roles, and the process will be reviewed as changes demand.  The format does not require every single task to be recorded, instead the Job Description is written in a ‘generic’ style that permits flexibility but defines the boundaries of responsibility and accountability.

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