Quality Manager

Regional Quality Manager required for a Tier 1 contractor based in Berkshire. The company is one of the most successful privately owned profitable contractors in the country, with Southern operations based near Reading and a turnover exceeding 1 billion a year. They target schemes between 20 and 90 million on frameworks and repeat business opportunities with long-term clients. Additionally, they identify and target single-stage regeneration and development schemes up to 150 million. Typical projects include large schools, multi-phased education schemes, student accommodation, PRS developments, high-rise office and residential schemes, distribution hubs, and large multi-use retail and leisure developments. The role involves providing quality and systems support to the business at bid, preconstruction, on-site delivery, and commissioning through to defects and warranty periods. You will be responsible for the company's quality plan and will be involved in early-stage works to ensure compliance with legal obligations, full compliance with any external manufacturer, and working with the supply chain to ensure compliance with their independent quality systems. Responsibilities include checking on-site quality with delivery teams and subcontractors, auditing, maintaining a register and reporting procedure for non-conformance reports (NCRs), and ensuring best practices. You will manage, update, and amend the regional plan while ensuring compliance with relevant ISO standards and other industry benchmarks. Additionally, you will investigate latent defects and other compliance issues to develop strategies for continuous improvement. The role would suit someone from a QA/Inspection background within a construction-related business or a construction professional, such as a project or site manager, looking to change career paths, who has a forensic interest in quality and continuous improvement practices. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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