Quality Advisor (Scotland)

About the role

Balfour Beatty- Aberdeenshire and Surrounding Areas - Scotland, (Hybrid)

Here at Balfour Beatty, our work inspires communities and advances society. Our commitment to sustainability looks even further – generations further. Join our Power Transmission & Distribution team as a Quality Advisor to be based in our Scottish Region and you’ll be part of our legacy.

As a Quality Advisor you will be working on some of the biggest Power projects across Scotland supporting our and Substation colleagues to deliver 'Right First Time - Every time' quality projects to our clients.

What you'll be doing

As a Quality Advisor you will have the following accountabilities:

To support “Right First Time” every time, external quality certification process, and to drive the “Elimination of Waste”, and reduction in the “Cost of Quality” all through:

• Support and facilitate Quality Management planning
• Challenging current systems and processes to ensure best practice and continual improvement
• Provide advice and coaching on Quality issues
• Interface with audit function to support locally where required
• Support contracts to ensure they are compliant with Balfour Beatty & contract specific requirements
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of Quality Plans to meet contractual requirements
• Review subcontractor and supplier Quality Management Systems, Quality Plans and ITP’s, documentation and records ensuring they meet stated requirements.
• Co-ordinate client inspection visits; review and distribution of inspection reports
• Assist in the management and analysis of Non-Conformances and Corrective Action data
• Attend Kick off meetings and establish how defined Quality requirements will be implemented
• Promote the awareness of quality principles through targeted communication, education, and training
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values.
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
• Support the delivery of the Sustainability 2030 roadmap.
• Support the business unit external accreditation process (including ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and industry licences) to ensure it can operate in its chosen sector.

Who we're looking for

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• A working knowledge of the sector in which the role is to operate
• Comprehensive knowledge of ISO 9001 requirements and applications
• High level of communication skills both written and orally
• Membership or willing to work towards CQI Practitioner or Member status
• Competent user of modern office computer systems e.g., Microsoft Office

Personal Attributes:

• Has an ability to gather, analyse and evaluate facts.
• Has an enquiring and questioning approach to audit work.
• Ability to work within a multi-discipline team and alone where needed
• Ability to nurture strong relationships with delivery teams and project managers
• Must have a driving licence

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing, and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies, and communities rely on.

About us

Our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from 50,000 schemes to 100 million plus major projects.

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national, and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions. With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources, and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/