Quality Engineer
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 December 2025 |
| Location: | SL9 0BG |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8963 |
Summary
We're looking for a Quality Engineer to join our Natural Resources team in the Northern Thames Valley region (Oxfordshire/Hertfordshire/Reading). In this role you'll ensure projects are delivered smoothly from start to finish.
Location: Hybrid working - from sites in Reading, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire as well as from home Hours: Permanent, Full Time - flexible hours are available if preferred, just let us know upon application
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Responsibilities
We're looking for a Quality Engineer to join our NRNN water team working on our Thames Water framework. As a Quality Engineer, you'll be a key part of ensuring projects are delivered smoothly, acting as the link between construction teams, including civils and MEICA. The role offers the opportunity to work across different disciplines, support effective collaboration, and help ensure that projects are handed over efficiently and to a high standard.
In your day to day, you'll:
-Interface with the delivery engineers, internal quality team and customer quality representatives
-Implement and ensure adherence to project procedures, scope, specification, Project Execution Plan (PEP) and British/ International Standards
-Ensure Inspection Test Plans (ITP) are being followed and supporting evidence is up to date
-Raising Non-Conformance Reports and assisting with the product quarantine process and assist in delivering quality related briefings and training
-Maintain accurate records and trackers, and ensure document control standards are maintained
What are we looking for?This Quality Engineer role is great for you if you have:
-Prior experience in the Quality field or Civil construction engineering (Graduate/Site/Section Engineer)
-High level of IT skills including Microsoft 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Power BI
-Excellent attention to detail and the ability to interpret construction drawings and specifications
-Ability to work to ISO / British Standards and extract relevant information
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.
There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!
Rewards and benefitsWe're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1
Location: Hybrid working - from sites in Reading, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire as well as from home Hours: Permanent, Full Time - flexible hours are available if preferred, just let us know upon application
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
Responsibilities
We're looking for a Quality Engineer to join our NRNN water team working on our Thames Water framework. As a Quality Engineer, you'll be a key part of ensuring projects are delivered smoothly, acting as the link between construction teams, including civils and MEICA. The role offers the opportunity to work across different disciplines, support effective collaboration, and help ensure that projects are handed over efficiently and to a high standard.
In your day to day, you'll:
-Interface with the delivery engineers, internal quality team and customer quality representatives
-Implement and ensure adherence to project procedures, scope, specification, Project Execution Plan (PEP) and British/ International Standards
-Ensure Inspection Test Plans (ITP) are being followed and supporting evidence is up to date
-Raising Non-Conformance Reports and assisting with the product quarantine process and assist in delivering quality related briefings and training
-Maintain accurate records and trackers, and ensure document control standards are maintained
What are we looking for?This Quality Engineer role is great for you if you have:
-Prior experience in the Quality field or Civil construction engineering (Graduate/Site/Section Engineer)
-High level of IT skills including Microsoft 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Power BI
-Excellent attention to detail and the ability to interpret construction drawings and specifications
-Ability to work to ISO / British Standards and extract relevant information
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.
There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!
Rewards and benefitsWe're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.