Senior Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Health, Safety, Quality & Compliance: proactively apply BBV Golden Rules and the IPTAN Way, supporting QA/QC implementation, monitoring compliance through audits and surveillances, and promoting a Right First‑Time culture across site and office activities.
• Inspection, Testing & Assurance: lead the Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) process, including review, scheduling, compliance monitoring, site inspections, quality surveillances, record management, and support through DJV and HS2 acceptance and assurance processes.
• Supply Chain & Procurement Support: engage early with subcontractors and suppliers to review Quality Plans, provide training, perform external audits, support material acceptance (MAR), and participate in bidder evaluation during procurement.
• Nonconformities & Continuous Improvement: manage the NCR process from issue to closure, support root cause analysis, report quality KPIs, ensure timely close‑out, and communicate lessons learned across the project.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Handover: support Delivery Teams and Certification Engineers in readiness reviews, progress meetings, quality records (QRP/SAP), progressive handover, and maintain strong collaborative relationships with HS2, NEC Supervisors and project stakeholders.

• Degree-qualified in Quality Management or Civil Engineering, preferably ISO 9001 Lead/Internal Auditor trained, CQI member (or working towards), CSCS card holder, with a full UK driving licence, and applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

• Proven Quality Management subject matter expert with experience on major civil engineering projects, working to UK and international standards, industry codes of practice, and applying Lean and Six Sigma principles.

• Strong ability to gather, analyse and evaluate data to make evidence‑based decisions, with excellent attention to detail and a track record of delivering work through to completion.

• Confident working with senior management, able to challenge existing practices constructively, produce clear and persuasive reports, and build strong relationships across multidisciplinary teams.

• Self‑motivated, resilient and proactive, able to manage time effectively, add value to the function, command respect across the business, and confidently use modern office systems (Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

HS2, Britain's new high‑speed railway, is at peak construction. Balfour Beatty VINCI is HS2's construction partner in the Midlands, responsible for delivering 90 km of the route, from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. Now is a great time to join us and be part of a diverse team of nearly 9,000 people from over 80 nationalities working together to deliver major assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts.

Whether onsite or off‑site based, all colleagues have a key part to play in delivering this critical transport infrastructure project. Balfour Beatty VINCI is a joint venture with over 30 years of experience delivering iconic infrastructure, including the Channel Tunnel, Crossrail, and upgrading some of the UK's busiest motorways. On HS2, we’re building everything from viaducts and tunnels to bridges and embankments across the West Midlands.