Quality Engineer

We’re looking for a Quality Engineer to join our Highways Team based in Stafford. Within this role, you can enjoy a competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location: This is an agile role where you will be based out of our Doxey office with home working available
Contract: Permanent. We can offer this role as either full time or part time, please specify on your application
Salary: Up to £35k + Car + Benefits

Responsibilities

As a Quality Engineer you will ensure that the Quality Management System is being operated and maintained. You will provide a point of contact for communication on quality matters, initiating necessary action to resolve issues and ensuring satisfactory solutions have been reached and recorded.

Your day to day will include:

• Ensuring audits are undertaken in accordance with the audit schedule and that any adverse findings, including those raised by others, are closed out in a timely manner.
• Evaluating Non-conformances to identify any apparent trends and providing timely reports on NCR status and trends.
• Working to ensure Quality Documentation is produced as required, such as Inspection & Test Plans including those of sub-contractors
• Providing guidance and assistance on quality matters.
• Encouraging feedback from all employees and sub-contractors on possible areas of improvement

Who are we looking for?

This role of Quality Engineer is great for you if you have:

• Related HNC/Degree or equivalent
• Experience in a similar role

We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

Who is Kier?

We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 22 March 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.