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Quality Performance & Improvement Manager

January 11, 2023 | Comments Off on Quality Performance & Improvement Manager

We're looking for a Quality Performance and Improvement Manager to join our Highways Major Projects team based in Penrith to work with all functions across their nominated schemes to ensure Quality standards are met, monitor, and improve scheme performance, complete client KPI's and lead Continuous Improvement activities. You will promote Kier Group's Values towards its client National Highways to meet or exceed their expectations. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Location: Penrith - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.

Contract: Permanent - Fulltime

Salary: £competitive

Responsibilities

As a Quality Performance, and Improvement Manager, you'll create and update Quality Management Plans and liaise with the client's quality representatives to ensure full agreement and understanding of quality requirements and handover compliance requirements

Your day to day will include:
  • Manage and coordinate internal and external quality audits
  • Management of NCRs, Defects and Quality observations
  • Management of Quality Management Points
  • Lead Collaborative sessions including Collaborative Planning Workshops & Production Control Meetings on nominated schemes
  • Lead Lean Continuous Improvement Training on nominated scheme using the Lean Construction Institute UK's 'Lean Construction Delivery Pathway' training materials and Learning Management System
Who are we looking for?

This role of Quality Performance and Improvement Manager is great for you if are:
  • Experience in a similar role
  • Self-starter, who will use their own initiative and plan their own journey
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of programs
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A fantastic, matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
  • And many many more!
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 8 February 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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