VolkerWessels UK
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Quality Advisor
Part of the VolkerWessels UK Group, VolkerStevin is an industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration. Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group's business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service.
Help Shape the Future of Water Infrastructure in the North West
Are you passionate about quality, continuous improvement, and making a real impact on major infrastructure projects? Join the C2V Joint Venture, delivering United Utilities' AMP8 programme, and play a key role in ensuring the highest standards of quality across some of the North West's most significant water and wastewater projects. We're looking for a proactive and influential Quality Advisor who thrives on collaboration, problem-solving, and driving excellence. This is an opportunity to work across multiple projects, influence positive change, and help create a culture where quality is at the heart of everything we do.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Quality Advisor, you'll provide independent assurance and expert guidance across live projects and operational sites, helping teams deliver right first time and continually improve performance. Your responsibilities will include:
Driving Quality & Compliance
- Planning and undertaking quality audits, inspections, and reviews across multiple projects.
- Providing independent assurance against C2V, VolkerStevin, and United Utilities quality requirements.
- Supporting internal, client, and third-party audits.
- Producing clear reports on findings, compliance performance, trends, and risks.
- Identifying recurring issues and helping develop solutions that improve performance across the programme.
Supporting Project Teams
- Providing practical quality advice and guidance to site and project teams.
- Supporting quality planning activities, readiness reviews, and handover processes.
- Helping teams overcome quality challenges and implement effective improvement actions.
- Contributing to lessons learned initiatives and continuous improvement programmes.
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Influencing Quality Strategy
- Promoting a positive quality culture across the Alliance.
- Supporting the development of consistent quality standards and best practice.
- Working collaboratively with partners to embed quality expectations and drive performance.
Improving Performance
- Supporting investigations into quality non-conformances.
- Applying root cause analysis techniques to identify underlying issues.
- Challenging and guiding teams to implement effective corrective and preventative actions.
- Identifying trends and turning lessons learned into meaningful improvements.
Why Join Us?
At C2V, you'll be part of a collaborative alliance delivering essential infrastructure that will benefit millions of customers across the North West. In return, you'll enjoy:
- The opportunity to work on a flagship AMP8 framework.
- Exposure to large-scale, complex infrastructure projects.
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
- The chance to make a lasting impact on quality, performance, and project success.
If you're passionate about driving quality, influencing positive change, and helping deliver outstanding infrastructure projects, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and be part of shaping the future of water services in the North West.
What We're Looking For
You'll be a confident communicator with a passion for quality and continuous improvement, capable of building strong relationships across project teams and stakeholders. You'll ideally have:
- Experience within construction, civil engineering, utilities, infrastructure, or a related sector.
- Knowledge of quality management systems, auditing, and assurance processes.
- An understanding of quality standards and compliance requirements.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills.
- The ability to influence, challenge, and support teams at all levels.
- A collaborative approach with a genuine desire to improve performance and outcomes.
If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
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Why work with us?
VolkerStevin is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure. By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerStevin are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients. We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees. We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities—comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance
- Flexible working opportunities
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
- Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
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Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release. We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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