Quality Engineer

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What will you do?

Find out more about the daily tasks, overall responsibilities, and required experience for this opportunity by scrolling down now.

Responsibilities

  • Supporting the coordination, submission and management of quality and assurance activities
  • Ensuring compliance with customer requirements, external accreditations and industry best practice
  • Helping establish and maintain test and inspection plans across the works
  • Contributing to a strong Right First Time and Zero Harm culture across the project
  • Supporting quality assurance activities across off‑site and on‑site manufacturing operations, ensuring manufactured components meet specified requirements prior to delivery and installation
  • Working with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure manufacturing quality plans, inspection regimes and hold points are defined, implemented and complied with
  • Monitoring and verifying compliance of manufactured products, temporary works and pre‑fabricated elements against approved specifications, drawings and standards
  • Supporting the management and close‑out of manufacturing non‑conformances, including root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions

Accountabilities

  • Attending pre‑start meetings on complex or high‑value packages
  • Supporting project teams and reviewing supply chain quality plans and inspection & test plans
  • Providing quality advice and support to delivery teams and suppliers
  • Monitoring quality performance using digital assurance and reporting systems
  • Supporting audits, investigations and the close‑out of quality issues
  • Assisting with handover documentation to meet customer requirements
  • Contributing to training, coaching and sharing lessons learned across teams
  • Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the project lifecycle

Essential Experience And Capabilities

  • Previous quality or relevant operational/technical experience within construction or manufacturing
  • Understanding xlqdzyr of ISO 9000 terminology and quality management principles
  • Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
  • Confident communicator, able to influence and challenge constructively
  • Proficient in modern digital systems, including Office 365
  • Level 4+ qualification in Quality, Construction or Manufacturing (or equivalent)

Desirable

  • ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor training
  • Experience with digital progressive assurance systems
  • CQI Practitioner status or working towards it

What we will offer you?

The CWA is a single delivery organisation made of up of the client (Sizewell C) and three parent companies – Balfour Beatty, Bouygues and Laing O'Rourke – which offer industry leading packages including market leading salaries, generous annual leave entitlements, pension scheme and other flexible benefits.

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Company: Communications Workers of America
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Location: Leiston
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What will you do?

Find out more about the daily tasks, overall responsibilities, and required experience for this opportunity by scrolling down now.

Responsibilities

  • Supporting the coordination, submission and management of quality and assurance activities
  • Ensuring compliance with customer requirements, external accreditations and industry best practice
  • Helping establish and maintain test and inspection plans across the works
  • Contributing to a strong Right First Time and Zero Harm culture across the project
  • Supporting quality assurance activities across off‑site and on‑site manufacturing operations, ensuring manufactured components meet specified requirements prior to delivery and installation
  • Working with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure manufacturing quality plans, inspection regimes and hold points are defined, implemented and complied with
  • Monitoring and verifying compliance of manufactured products, temporary works and pre‑fabricated elements against approved specifications, drawings and standards
  • Supporting the management and close‑out of manufacturing non‑conformances, including root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions

Accountabilities

  • Attending pre‑start meetings on complex or high‑value packages
  • Supporting project teams and reviewing supply chain quality plans and inspection & test plans
  • Providing quality advice and support to delivery teams and suppliers
  • Monitoring quality performance using digital assurance and reporting systems
  • Supporting audits, investigations and the close‑out of quality issues
  • Assisting with handover documentation to meet customer requirements
  • Contributing to training, coaching and sharing lessons learned across teams
  • Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the project lifecycle

Essential Experience And Capabilities

  • Previous quality or relevant operational/technical experience within construction or manufacturing
  • Understanding xlqdzyr of ISO 9000 terminology and quality management principles
  • Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
  • Confident communicator, able to influence and challenge constructively
  • Proficient in modern digital systems, including Office 365
  • Level 4+ qualification in Quality, Construction or Manufacturing (or equivalent)

Desirable

  • ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor training
  • Experience with digital progressive assurance systems
  • CQI Practitioner status or working towards it

What we will offer you?

The CWA is a single delivery organisation made of up of the client (Sizewell C) and three parent companies – Balfour Beatty, Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke – which offer industry leading packages including market leading salaries, generous annual leave entitlements, pension scheme and other flexible benefits.

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Posted: May 15th, 2026