Senior Quality Engineer (MEPH)
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW10 6DZ |
| Company: | Balfour Beatty Plc |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBUK13046-521407 |
Summary
About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quality Engineer (MEPH) to join our outstanding Major Projects team to work at our Old Oak Common development in London – join us and be part of the largest construction project in the UK.
HS2s new c. 1 billion Old Oak Common station will become the UKs best-connected rail station once completed. Our Balfour Beatty VINCI SYTRA joint venture will be responsible for the final design, construction, and commissioning of the station in Northwest London.
Upon completion, the new station will boast six underground platforms and up to eight platforms on the adjacent Great Western Main Line. Old Oak Common will also provide highspeed rail services to the Midlands, central London, Scotland, and the North, as well as direct services to three major airports. Incorporating passenger and retail facilities, the new station will provide an exceptional customer experience for both passengers and visitors to the station.
What you'll be doing
About the role
Are you looking to join a company that invests in your growth and offers a supportive environment where you truly belong?
Look no further!
We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Senior Quality Engineer to join our team and lead the management of Quality for the MEPH work of the Old Oak Common Station project.
As a MEPH Senior Quality Engineer, you will be pivotal in ensuring the highest standards of quality are met across the MEPH Work Packages assigned to you. Overseeing all quality-related activities and documentation, whilst ensuring all documentation is produced on schedule, addressing and resolving non-conformances promptly.
What you'll be doing
Some key responsibilities will be:
- Ensure quality management is given the highest priority in the delivery of their works to achieve Right First Time.
- Act as main point of contact for all quality related topics within your Work Packages
- Support sub-contractor in the development of quality documentation and ensure the review of these documents.
- Check and inspect the works during progress and on completion to ensure that it has been constructed in line with the Requirements.
- Ensure Non-conformances are raised in a timely manner by the sub-contractors, and managed effectively to ensure their closure within the agreed timeframe.
- Support the Quality Manager in maintaining metrics and dashboards to measure performance of Quality.
- Support the Quality Team in the ongoing maintenance of the Quality Management System and in promoting Quality on the project.
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
- Practical experience in quality management within the construction industry, preferably on a project-based organization
- Ability to build strong relationships with the project team members, suppliers, client representatives, and other stakeholders.
- Technical knowledge and experience relevant to at least one MEPH discipline
- Able to communicate effectively orally and written and influence others including senior management
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.
From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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