Quality Manager

Key ResponsibilitiesHealth & Safety: Promote a safe working environment for all team members, lead by example, and ensure the project maintains a strong safety culture with the objective of achieving zero incidents and injuries.Quality Leadership: Lead and develop the quality team, identifying innovative approaches to improve Quality Assurance (QA) coverage, effectiveness and overall project performance.Quality Systems & Procedures: Establish, implement and maintain all necessary on-site quality procedures, controls and systems.Project Meetings: Attend relevant project meetings, providing updates on quality performance, progress and areas requiring attention.Quality Reporting & KPIs: Monitor, manage and publish weekly quality indicators, ensuring reporting and metrics are standardised and focused on the most relevant measures.Continuous Improvement: Communicate quality performance and key findings to management and project stakeholders, analysing feedback and recommending improvements to prevent recurring issues.Digital Quality Systems: Ensure quality systems and documentation are accessible, up to date and available to all relevant project personnel.Testing & Handover: Develop and implement test packs, working closely with package leads to ensure systems are ready for testing and handover ahead of scheduled deadlines.Team Management: Manage individual and team performance, setting clear expectations and maintaining accountability across the quality function.Forward Planning: Maintain a rolling eight-week lookahead to identify project constraints, monitor their resolution and support effective planning.Resource Planning: Forecast headcount requirements and coordinate staffing to ensure the quality team is appropriately resourced.Lean Construction: Play an active role within the Lean Construction team, supporting efficiency, collaboration and continuous improvement across the project.Essential CriteriaRelevant Experience: A minimum of 10 years' relevant experience delivering quality management within large-scale, high-quality construction projects.Quality Management Expertise: Demonstrable experience establishing and managing QA/QC processes, systems and reporting frameworks within complex construction environments.Leadership & Team Development: Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop teams, set clear performance expectations and hold individuals accountable for results.Project Delivery: A strong understanding of the full lifecycle of major construction projects, with a proven track record of leading teams to deliver successful outcomes.Education: A bachelor's degree, master's degree or equivalent qualification in QA/QC or a relevant discipline.Communication Skills: Excellent listening, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively across all levels of a project organisation.Digital Construction: Experience implementing and working with digital construction platforms to support project delivery and quality management.Strategic & Operational Planning: The ability to combine strategic planning with effective day-to-day execution, including working collaboratively across multidisciplinary project teams.IT Proficiency: Relevant IT experience and the ability to use digital tools and systems to support quality reporting, documentation and project performance.If this sounds like an opportunity for you, feel free to email me at s.krueger@mane.co.uk