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SalarySenior Quality Engineer
About the role
National Grid Electricity Transmission creates value from its assets. This role will manage and assure National Grid of vendors and suppliers quality systems and procedures for our offshore portfolio of assets which include HVDC and transmission related technologies. The Senior Quality Engineer will use national and international standards to benchmark suppliers’ development, design, manufacturing and installation quality systems against agreed standards. The principal value created by this role is the supervision and management of quality systems to ensure National Grid and our partners can be highly confident that the products and services provided will result in agreed asset performance outcomes.
This role will require quality management across the portfolio of work, with a work plan that is £billions of investment. We will also be deploying new technologies and our suppliers constructing new manufacturing facilities and so the business risk will require close client quality system supervision. The Senior Quality Engineer will be familiar with international quality standards covering design, manufacturing and installation of high voltage electrical transmission system assets, such as HVDC and HVAC substation equipment and land and marine cables. You may be working on CIGRE working groups or similar. You will help shape the asset quality systems and procedures necessary to deliver our offshore ASTI plans of today and shape the of our future offshore networks.
About us
National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.
In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.
The world of energy is changing beyond recognition. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead on supplier quality assurance across the offshore portfolio.
- Ensure quality procedures and systems are adhered too, and where deviations occur recommend corrective interventions.
- Assist suppliers in overall quality system management to achieve our stated goals.
- Create and management a quality management system for the offshore portfolio
- Identify and drive innovation in quality management techniques.
- Support National Grid’s relationships with key external stakeholders, partners and suppliers
- Work with JV partners to establish consistent and effective quality management systems.
- Provide senior executive advice, reports and briefings.
Knowledge, Experience and Technical Know How
- Lead through ambiguity and change at all levels of seniority across SI and ET
- Coach and challenge others at all levels of seniority across SI and ET
- Lead virtual teams of internal or external individuals
Technical or Specialist:
- Expert knowledge of quality management systems associated with transmission systems.
- Demonstrable experience of working with procurement and suppliers on quality.
- Influencing quality standards, both internally and externally
- Able to think beyond convention; employing quality frameworks and concepts to a range of new and novel applications to derive value and to solve business issues.
What's on offer
A competitive salary, circa £60,000 – dependent on capability.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
More Information
At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.
Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.
