Quality Manager

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

About the Opportunity

Jacobs has over 50 years experience working in the construction and engineering sectors. Our core business is the delivery of projects and programmes in partnership with our clients. We have a wide and diverse pool of experienced resources using proven delivery systems and processes that are benchmarked as best in class.

We have requirements for Quality Professionals / Quality Engineers / Quality Managers working on major projects over multiple operational sectors from Defence, Power, Infrastructure and construction. Our team is experiencing exciting growth within our established practice, and we have a need for key hires to support all of our projects.

These are national roles in which the candidate can work remotely/ flexibly.

Knowledge and Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Head of Project Services, act as the key point of contact for all Quality related matters.


• Provide leadership and governance of the which includes Document Control and LfE (Learning from Experience).


• Monitoring and reporting of Quality Metrics / KPI's.


• Provide governance and oversight of Management Plans and associated Procedures whilst promoting Procedural Use and Adherence.


• Promote Process and Procedure Improvement initiatives as part of ongoing Continual Improvement.


• Provide guidance and support to ensure compliance with Jacobs Integrated Management Systems.


• Act as the owner of the Audit Schedule including Supply Chain Audits as is necessary.


• Conduct Audit and Surveillance activities including suppliers on site and off site as required.


• Act as point of contact for any Client and 3rd Party Certification Body Audits.


• Surveillance of activities supporting the Project Quality Plan and Contractors Quality Plans / Inspection & Test Plans.


• Review of documentation such as Quality Plans, including documents originated by Contractors.


Here's what you'll need


• Good communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence others including building and maintaining effective relationships with multiple stakeholders


• HNC / HND / Degree qualified or relevant experience.


• Demonstrable experience and understanding of the Quality function, supporting large projects / programmes within highly regulated industries.


• Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with Clients and Contractors including Audits / Surveillance.


• Demonstrable understanding of Project documentation arrangements, including Contractor documentation deliverables.


• Experience in the associated procedural arrangements within complex, multifunctional organisations including use of an EDMS.


• Proficient in standard computer programmes including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.


• Team player with ability to coach and mentor others as required.


• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines as is necessary.


• Willingness to travel offsite as PSP(N) needs determine.


• Strong ethos relating to Health Safety and Wellbeing.


Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.


• Good communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence others including building and maintaining effective relationships with multiple stakeholders


• HNC / HND / Degree qualified or relevant experience.


• Demonstrable experience and understanding of the Quality function, supporting large projects / programmes within highly regulated industries.


• Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with Clients and Contractors including Audits / Surveillance.


• Demonstrable understanding of Project documentation arrangements, including Contractor documentation deliverables.


• Experience in the associated procedural arrangements within complex, multifunctional organisations including use of an EDMS.


• Proficient in standard computer programmes including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.


• Team player with ability to coach and mentor others as required.


• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines as is necessary.


• Willingness to travel offsite as PSP(N) needs determine.


• Strong ethos relating to Health Safety and Wellbeing.
  
  At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities., Jacobs has over 50 years experience working in the construction and engineering sectors. Our core business is the delivery of projects and programmes in partnership with our clients. We have a wide and diverse pool of experienced resources using proven delivery systems and processes that are benchmarked as best in class.


We have requirements for Quality Professionals / Quality Engineers / Quality Managers working on major projects over multiple operational sectors from Defence, Power, Infrastructure and construction. Our team is experiencing exciting growth within our established practice, and we have a need for key hires to support all of our projects., Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.