Senior Quality Engineer - Major Highways Project

About the role

Balfour Beatty is delivering the A57 Link Roads Scheme, a major infrastructure project designed to improve connectivity between Manchester and Sheffield, reduce congestion and improve air quality across the region. Delivered on behalf of National Highways, the scheme will provide new link roads and key infrastructure improvements that support economic growth while improving journeys for road users.

As part of this high-profile project, we are looking for an experienced Quality Manager to lead and embed best-in-class quality management across the project, ensuring works are delivered right first time and to the highest industry standards.

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will play a key leadership role in ensuring that all project activities meet client, contractual, regulatory and Balfour Beatty business management system requirements. You will be responsible for embedding a strong quality culture across the project, working closely with delivery teams, supply chain partners and senior leadership to drive continuous improvement.

You will lead the development and implementation of project quality strategies and plans, ensuring quality processes are fully integrated into day-to-day operations while promoting a right-first-time approach that reduces rework, waste and cost of quality.

The role requires strong collaboration across multiple disciplines and the ability to provide credible challenge and assurance to project teams, helping to maintain high standards of compliance and performance.

You will lead quality management activities across the project, ensuring full compliance with client requirements, contractual obligations, regulatory standards and the Balfour Beatty business management system.

You will develop and maintain project quality plans, integrating both client and project-specific requirements into practical ways of working across the project team and supply chain.

A key part of the role will involve monitoring and reporting quality performance, identifying trends and improvement opportunities and driving corrective actions that reduce the cost of quality while improving delivery outcomes.

You will lead quality assurance activities including internal and external audits, project reviews and investigations into non-conformances, ensuring robust root cause analysis is undertaken and lessons learned are embedded across the project.

Working closely with delivery teams and subcontractors, you will coach and influence colleagues at all levels, helping build quality capability and promoting a strong right-first-time culture throughout the project.

You will also support senior project leadership by providing independent assurance, helping to identify opportunities for improvement and strengthening quality governance across the programme.

We are looking for an experienced quality professional with a strong background in civil engineering, infrastructure or highways projects.

You will have significant experience managing quality within complex construction environments and demonstrate a proven track record of delivering compliant, right-first-time outcomes on major projects.

Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems is essential, along with experience supporting internal and external audits and embedding quality processes across project teams.

You will also have experience leading quality assurance activities including investigations, non-conformance management and corrective action processes, ensuring improvements are embedded across projects.

Candidates should be comfortable working with senior project leadership teams, clients and supply chain partners, providing credible challenge while maintaining collaborative working relationships.

Experience coaching or mentoring junior quality professionals or engineers would be advantageous, along with previous experience managing a team.

A formal qualification in Quality Management, such as a Diploma in Quality Management from the Chartered Quality Institute or British Standards Institution, is desirable. Membership of the Chartered Quality Institute, or working towards it, would also be…