Duration Permanent

Role & Responsibilities:

Project Quality Management System:

• Develop the Project Quality Plan and ensure client specific QA requirements are addressed.
• Ensure appropriate and up to date project standards and procedures are in place during the duration of the project.
• Ensure that Operating procedures are being used by the Project team.
• Maintain and Execute the Project Audit Schedule
• Execute audits on third party contractors and/or suppliers (as required).
• Follow up and report on status of Corrective Actions
• Provide support to Project Management to clear quality related action items.
• Provision of a monthly status report for .  Manager of QA Review.
• Ensuring that procedures are in place to meet the agreed Intellectual Property responsibilities and verifying compliance through audit.
• Participating in the client satisfaction and reporting process. 

Facilitating implementation of PEM:

• Providing general support, coaching and facilitating PEM awareness within the Project Team.
• Ensuring PEM documentation is in place prior to scheduled reviews.
• Scheduling and facilitating/chairing (if required) the agreed preparatory and formal gate review meetings (as required).
• Managing the logging, tracking and expediting of gate review action items.
• Auditing that PEM procedures are followed through the life of the project e.g. use of control object checklists on a daily basis.
• To ensure that Project PEM status is maintained and clearly communicated to the Project Team. 

Continuous Improvement:

• Managing the process for defining critical quality indicators, collecting and reporting these parameters on a monthly basis to identify trends.
• Assist in conducting root cause analysis on areas identified through lesson learned exercises or Non Conformances.
• To ensure that maximum advantage is gained from the previous projects through lessons learned.
• Assisting in developing and delivering Project training/ induction programmes (as required). 

Supporting Manager of QA with corporate quality and continuous improvement initiatives (as required):

• Developing and maintaining audit schedules.
• Internal quality audits of support departments.
• Involvement in Continuous improvement projects and maintenance of IT tools.
• Facilitating quality related workshops.
• LRQA Support and planning.
• Delivery of quality awareness presentations.
• Preparation of proposal inputs.
• Participating in the publishing and review of management system documents.
• Review and comment of company procedures. 

Essential Qualifications and Experience Required: 

• Degree / HNC Qualified in an engineering/technical subject.
• Good knowledge of management systems.
• Trained internal QMS auditor.
• Knowledge of PED ATEX and CDM requirements.
• Possess a good working knowledge of PEM.
• Possess good presentation skills and be able to market the benefits to all stakeholders.
• Experience of working on multi-disciplined projects.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
• Possess good planning and organisational skills.
• Diplomatic, assertive & good negotiator / persuader.
• Detail oriented & with good analytical skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Able to challenges complacency and poor performance. 

Level of Discretion: 

• Discretion and authority to make (Quality related) decisions though consultation with Project Manager and Manager of QA as necessary. 

Communication: 

• Has to communicate effectively at all levels in the project and to Department Managers.
• Communicates regularly with external authorities and customers. 

Personal Qualities: 

• Assertive, enthusiastic, pro-active and creative.
• Good at working independently and as part of a team.
• Good at developing relations, both internally and externally.
• Flexible with regards to work tasks.
• HSE conscious. 

Other Matters: 

• Member of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) or working towards membership grade.
• In view of the international character of our business, candidates shall be flexible to perform activities in other countries as required.
• Worldwide mobility applies to business trips, short and long term assignments.
• This position requires fluency in both Dutch and English; knowledge of German would be valuable.