Senior Quality Manager - Infrastructure Conventional Projects & Liabilities Projects

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
Senior Quality Manager - Infrastructure Conventional Projects & Liabilities Projects
Two Senior Quality Managers for Infrastructure conventional new build projects and Liabilities projects (decommissioning, demolition, and waste management), working as a partner to the Project Managers and is responsible for delivering the defined Quality vision and strategy for the areas in line with the overall Programme Quality plan.

• Delivering the defined Quality vision and strategy for the Project in line with the overall Programme Quality plan.
• Alignment of Quality activities within project areas with the overall Quality strategy and policy, ensuring appropriate governance is in place in the projects to comply with business requirements.
• Through strategic partnering with the Programme/Project Leads, ensure the internal ‘voice of the customer’ and business requirements are managed, communicated, and fully understood by all Quality resource working to deliver the project requirements, promoting collaborative problem solving where appropriate.
• Leadership accountabilities - fed by blueprint for Mid-Level leader.
• All - maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
• Assure that customer quality deliverables are robustly controlled and fully certified prior to delivery.
• Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system.

Location - Reading/Basingstoke area
Salary - £55,440- £85,000 per annum (dependant on suitability to the role and level of experience)
Closing Date - 10th January 2024
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

The role holder will have some of the following skills and attributes -

• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification and/or experience.
• Training in key ISO standards.
• Training in the use of lean and six sigma techniques and/or other related problem solving and improvement tools.
• Ability to provide strategic and tactical insight depending on the needs of the business.
• Tools to deliver superior performance in a manner that achieves commitment and buy-in
• Well-developed influencing and stakeholder and relationship management skills, and collaborative working with a broad cross section of customers, suppliers, leaders and managers
• Designing and delivering appropriate and tailored solutions in a cost effective and cost-efficient way.
• Significant experience of process management and working in quality management, implementing quality and process management systems.
• Experience of leading service delivery.
• Experience of leading successful change and transformation.
• Significant experience in Problem solving and Continuous improvement.
• Experience of reviewing and auditing process, programmes, and projects.

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Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us.
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