Quality Manager
- Location: Newcastle, (with travel to sites across the UK)
- Rate: £400- £450/day
- Duration: 6 months
- Potential to transfer to permanent employment in the future
Turner Lovell are supporting a leading international engineering organisation with the recruitment of a Quality Manager to support a major UK contractor with their delivery of electrical equipment to projects across the UK and Ireland.
The organisation provides, installation, commissioning and maintenance services, supporting the reliability and performance of electricity systems. They are keen to redefine and establish a culture where the quality team is embedded and maintained within the project from tender to handover.
We are seeking an experienced Quality Mananger to play a key role in ensuring project delivery meets the highest quality, regulatory, and customer standards. This position will suit someone who is proactive, detail-oriented, and confident working across multiple stakeholders within a project environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary point of contact for quality matters with collaborate with Project Managers, commercial teams, customers, stakeholders, and suppliers, to uphold quality throughout the project lifecycle
- Develop and maintain project quality plans aligned with internal and client requirements
- Conduct audits and inspections, tracking findings through to resolution
- Manage non-conformances, including root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Support supplier quality to ensure external deliverables meet required standards
- Produce regular quality performance reports for stakeholders
Requirements
- Recognised qualification in Quality, Engineering, construction or a related discipline
- ISO 9001 internal auditing qualification essential
- Previous experience in quality management within engineering, infrastructure, maintenance, or industrial environments
- Strong understanding of quality management systems and project-based processes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a methodical approach
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal teams, suppliers, and customers
- Willingness to travel frequently as required
This opportunity would suit candidates from energy, utilities, engineering services, or other industrial sectors looking to take on a key role within a project-focused environment. Knowledge of switchgear circuit breakers transformers and similar equipment would be a huge advantage.
If you are looking to join a forward-thinking organisation delivering critical infrastructure projects and want to play a key role in driving quality and continuous improvement, please apply to Turner Lovell for further information, or contact Hope Brown on 0207 4481100 / hope.brown@turnerlovell.com.