Integrated Management System (IMS) Quality Engineer

Integrated Management System (IMS) Quality Engineer

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Contract Term: 12-Month

Contracting Authority: Nuclear Waste Services

Location: NWS (Cumbria and Harwell) - 1 month in office maximum

Due to nature of the role an active security clearance is essential.

Nuclear Waste Services brings together the UK's leading nuclear waste management capabilities.

We have integrated the expertise of Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR), Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group's Integrated Waste Management Programme (IWMP). This creates an organisation focused on the management of the UK's nuclear waste, safely and securely for generations to come.

We are part of the NDA group, which is undertaking the biggest clean-up project in Europe over many decades. Nuclear Waste Services is integral to this environmental clean-up mission, as we work to provide permanent answers to our country's nuclear waste. The UK has been producing and managing radioactive waste on an industrial scale since the 1940s. However, today's approach and capabilities for waste management need to adapt to keep pace with NDA's decommissioning ambitions. This includes its commitment to recycle 50% of waste from decommissioning and reduce secondary wastes by around 70% by 2030.

Job Purpose

To assist the Integrated Management System (IMS) IMS Manager in maintaining, managing, and improving the Integrated Management System in accordance with the requirements of BS-EN-ISO-9001 and other quality management standards and specifications as required.

As an Integrated Management SystemQuality Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Assist with the management, development and continual improvement and maintenance of the IMS documents in accordance with the Integrated Management System Manual.
  Provide the right assistance for training, skills development and tools for the roles associated with QMS and to ensure that their working environment is safe as far as possible.
  Assist with the management, development and continual improvement and maintenance of the NWS IMS to ensure it meets business needs and the requirements of the regulators, certification bodies and customers.
  Assist NWS to maintain certification to ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 by assisting the IMS Quality Manager with the interface with certification bodies.
  Assist the IMS Quality Manager to ensure that Records and Information Management Systems are developed, maintained and meet NWS, regulatory, stakeholder and customer needs.
  Enhance the existing Quality Departments support service to the organisation by integrating new and improved processes and services to day-to-day management activities.
  Assist in the development and continuous improvement of the computer-based information systems supporting the Quality Department.
  

You'll have relevant experience in:

• Quality background
• Sharepoint
• Auditing

• Essential Requitements

• Accredited to an appropriate professional body e.g. CQI, IRCA.
  Lead Auditor Certification
  Experience working with Integrated Management Systems and Document Control processes,
  Experience in Process Mapping activities and methodologies
  A proven track record in training and delivery of quality improvement tools & techniques
  Wide knowledge of procedures and methods relevant to the quality field together with full understanding of underlying quality principles, tools and techniques.
  Able to communicate clearly and present in a professional, articulate manner.
  Experience of Lean/ Visual Management/Line of Sight implementation
  Good IT skills and competence in Microsoft Office suite.
  Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of standards and expectations
  

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with (url removed)

We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where everybody is action orientated, ambitious, collaborative and acts with integrity. It will combine the talent of our people and give them an environment in which to thrive. Not only will this be good for our people, but also allow Nuclear Waste Services to grow its capability even further. We will be driven by doing the right thing for our people, customers, partners, and the communities where we operate to ensure all our operations are safe and secure.

As of the 31 January 2022, Nuclear Waste Services has been set up to combine all of the NDA Waste activities, giving greater flexibility and driving improvements and synergies across the NDA Group. This brings together LLW Repository Limited, Radioactive Waste Management Limited and the NDA Integrated Waste Management Programme (each with their own IT teams, infrastructure, and systems).

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, NWS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Nuclear Waste Services is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on (url removed).

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.