Overview
As Nuclear Project Quality Manager, you embed contractual quality into the project management system and lead the Contract Quality Assurance Plan. You coordinate QA/QC across engineering, procurement and site activities, and oversee audits, inspections, and supplier oversight. You ensure ISO and nuclear standards alignment while guiding continuous improvement and managing non-conformities. The role supports large UK projects HPC and SZC, with opportunities for cross-border collaboration and on-site quality leadership.
Pay / Benefits
- 13th-month salary
- paid leave bonus
- performance-related bonus
- Works Council benefits (CSE)
- meal vouchers
- employee share ownership plan (ESOP) or profit-sharing and incentive schemes? (incentive schemes) – note: retained as listed in ad? ambiguous; include as stated in ad: profit-sharing and incentive schemes; RTT days
Responsibilities
- Ensure contractual quality requirements are integrated into the project’s Management System and applied by all stakeholders
- Establish and maintain the Contract Quality Assurance Plan (CQAP) and related documentation
- Obtain and maintain ISO certifications for the Bristol entity in line with the global management system
- Coordinate the quality team for engineering, procurement, and on-site installation activities
- Implement independent quality and nuclear safety oversight via audits and site inspections
- Manage subcontracted manufacturing inspection contracts with the department
- Manage non-conformities and oversee corrective actions and customer claims
- Participate in supplier audits with Project Quality Engineers
- Share best practices and drive continuous improvement across the department
- Travel within the UK and France as required
Key requirements
- Master’s degree in Engineering or related field
- Expertise in QA and QC with knowledge of ISO 19443 and IAEA GS-R-3
- Knowledge of UK nuclear quality standards, LC17 and/or CDM (advantage)
- Rigour, autonomy, strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Cross-functional leadership and decision-making capabilities
- Proficiency in English for daily communication
- Rigour and attention to detail
- Autonomy
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- QA/QC expertise
- ISO 19443 and IAEA GS-R-3 knowledge
- Nuclear quality standards (UK LC17, CDM)
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