Quality Engineer

• Provide Quality Management advice about ISO 9001: 2015 to other advisors, managers, employees, contractors and clients. Aim to maintain UK Power Networks Services' quality management system to ensure it can design, build, finance, operate and maintain primary electrical infrastructure at Heathrow Airport
• Contribute to the review of existing and the development of new procedures/processes. Procedures include those from central UK Power Networks group and those which are UK Power Networks Services' project/contract specific. There will also be involvement in the communication, implementation and monitoring within the team based at Heathrow Airport
• Monitor compliance with ISO 9001: 2015, procedures, legal and moral obligations, and national, international and client standards. Plan project audits against agreed level 2, 3 and 4 schedules. Will undertake quality management system audits, produce audit reports and ensure findings are resolved promptly
• Support the Client Delivery Manager and provide assistance and offer guidance to Project Managers in reviewing quality related project documents and requirements. Develop appropriate quality management system inductions, training and communication materials for the project team and subcontractors. Gather lessons learnt and maintain the project cost of poor quality process. Provide Project Managers with quality related updates for inclusion in monthly reports. Support any quality management system incident investigations
• Provide a monitoring function to ensure that suppliers, subcontractors and the services they provide exceed our quality management system expectations. This may include conducting external audits and undertaking random performance inspections of field teams to identify issues requiring improvement and highlighting good performance
• Monitor site certification of materials and equipment, including tool calibration, to ensure compliance with client and project requirements. To maintain associated project records to compile final data book and Health and Safety file documentation
• Facilitate third-party audits of UK Power Networks Services by external certification bodies. Champion quality management system processes in the business to ensure certification requirements are maintained
• Be a point of reference for the ISO 44001 Collaborative Working relationship with Heathrow Airport Limited and support the project team in the maintenance of the certification and working relationship
• Must be able to demonstrable time spent working in the UK construction industry under the UK CDM (2015) regulations and be able to support the Client Delivery Manager and project team in applying CDM (2015) requirements

You will report to the Quality and Assurance Manager and be a member of the UK Power Networks Services Quality and Assurance team.

UKPN Services will base you in their offices at Heathrow Airport to support project work.

You will work with the management team at Heathrow Airport and act as the local Quality representative at operational/project level with external partners.

UK Power Networks group is owned by the Cheung Kong Group who are one of the largest investors in the UK and employ over 300,000 people in 52 countries. UK Power Networks owns and maintains electricity cables and lines across London, the South East and East of England and employs over 6000 people. UK Power Networks Services are the unregulated commercial arm of this business.

UK Power Networks Services are a national provider of power distribution and distributed energy solutions which improves customers' existing electrical assets and integrates new technologies to deliver improved performance and commercial benefits. Working in the transport, defence, manufacturing and industrial, public and nuclear sectors the business is growing and needs accomplished individuals to be part of this exciting change.