Quality Assurance Engineer

About The Role

Become part of the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years! Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Quality Assurance Engineer on the Hinkley Point Project and develop with this amazing project.

About Hinkley Point C

The first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years; Hinkley Point C in Somerset will provide low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes, create thousands of jobs and bring lasting benefits to the UK economy.

Marking a significant milestone in the revitalisation of our nuclear power industry, Hinkley Point C will make a major contribution to the UKs move to reduce carbon emissions. The electricity generated by its two EPR reactors will offset 9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.

Role Purpose

Quality Assurance Engineer role is crucial in ensuring that all aspects of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) are implemented effectively throughout the lifecycle of the project.

What you'll be doing

As an Quality Assurance Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities,

• Collaborating with QA Area Leads, engineers, and other stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive Quality Management System tailored to the specific requirements of the nuclear new build project.
• To review QA/QC procedures, work instructions, and quality plans to ensure they comply with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and project specifications.
• Conducting regular audits and inspections to verify compliance and identifying non-conformances ,and implementing corrective and preventive actions as necessary.
• Overseeing the documentation process, to ensure accurate and up-to-date records are maintained for regulatory compliance and project traceability.
• Identifying potential quality risks and hazards associated with the nuclear new build project, conducting risk assessments, and implementing risk mitigation measures to prevent quality issues and ensure safety and reliability.
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable nuclear regulatory requirements, codes, standards, and licensing conditions related to QA/QC activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Providing training and guidance to project personnel, contractors, and subcontractors on QA/QC procedures, standards, and requirements.
• Investigating and analysing root causes of quality issues or failures, utilizing techniques such as root cause analysis (RCA) to identify underlying problems and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Monitoring key performance indicators & preparing regular progress reports.
• Champion Foreign Material Exclusion, preventing ingress or entrapment of non-specified materials, loose items or debris in equipment and /or systems during assembly and testing.
• Maintaining reports.
  
  

Who we're looking for

We're Looking for,

• Qualifications in an Engineering discipline, ONC / HNC / HND (or equivalent experience).
• Preferred membership of Chartered Quality Institute and IRAC auditor training.
• Experience in progressively responsible Quality Engineering positions.
• Major Project Experience
• Nuclear Experience would be beneficial
• Ability to gain a security clearance
  
  

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
  
  

About Us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

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.

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.