Quality Engineer

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Company Overview
We are the UK's leading generator and supplier of low carbon energy, producing around one-fifth of the nation's electricity and employing more than 15,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence.

We intend to play a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK and secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees. Vacancy Overview
The scope of the HPC Project is divided across six delivery programmes, to which the Quality Department provides quality related services. Within each programme, the primary role of the Project Quality Engineer (PQE) is to contribute to supply chain adherence to the contracted quality assurance and quality control requirements across the full project life cycle.

You will act as the Intelligent Customer in the capacity of supporting Quality Management Lead (QML) that all quality related arrangements are in place and effectively implemented by the supply chain. This includes development and implementation of Project Quality Control Plans through to ensuring that manufactured equipment conform to the contract design and technical specifications, for onward delivery to site for installation, testing, and commissioning. For your assignments, you will be the QML operational support for all quality related elements associated with the supply chain.

This is a challenging but rewarding role where you will work in close collaboration with all other project functions and the supply chain to ensure that project quality is delivered consistently (safety, efficiently and right first time), and compliant with the quality arrangements. Nature and Scope
The PQE will work in the HPC Quality Management Team with administrative reporting to the Quality Management Manager who shall ensure QMLs and PQMs perform and apply the appropriate processes to deliver to programme quality requirements.

In turn, PQEs when assigned to the Programmes, will also work to the quality requirements set out by the respective Quality Delivery Manager (QDM) from each Programme. The PQE is tasked to deliver and meet these requirements within their PQM portfolio, supporting the QDM and their respective Multi-Discipline Team (MDT) by the provision of quality management operational support and to contribute to guarantee that products and/or services are provided Right First Time (RFT) in line with the HPC Project Goals. Principal Accountabilities

• Contribute to the quality execution plan within the Programme and undertaken reviews and checks to ensure quality is delivered by the supply chain efficiently and in accordance with programme quality requirements.

Qualifications & Experience
Essential

• An HNC/HND qualification or degree in a relevant science or engineering subject, or equivalent qualification.

Desirable

• Proven track record of working in major projects, delivering results, and implementing quality related solutions.

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Academic background in Quality Management and clear understanding of quality management best practice for deployment by large, complex, and contract-led organisations.

Desirable

• First experience in the nuclear sector, ideally new build. first experience in project delivery, preferably in the nuclear power sector, with significant focus on project quality, with a solid understanding of the Quality Assurance and Quality Control in major projects across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, and commissioning.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.