Senior Quality Manager - Central Operations
| Posting date: | 22 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2026 |
| Location: | Peterborough, PE3 6WT |
| Company: | Barhale |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | MP-66565-1597 |
Summary
About Barhale
Who are Barhale?
Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors, including:
- Water
- Transport
- Built environment
- Energy
We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects, developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.
Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.
We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities, including:
- Tunnelling
- MEICA
- Temporary and permanent design
- Steel-fabrication
- Signs (design and fabrication)
- Health & safety equipment and products, including PPE
Company Website:
https://www.barhale.co.uk/
Company Showcase Video:
https://youtu.be/uf_RG5xgM8M
Why join Barhale?
- As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
- Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
- A broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients
- Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver of our success
Senior Quality Manager
The Role
We’re the @one Alliance – a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
As we ramp up into AMP8, our most ambitious period yet, we’ll be delivering an even broader range of innovative and environmentally-driven infrastructure projects – from urban drainage to nature-based solutions like constructed wetlands.
The Senior Quality Manager for Central Operations provides enterprise-level quality leadership across the Alliance, ensuring that the systems, standards, governance and insights required for consistent quality delivery are clearly defined, maintained and continuously improved.
The role enables Business Unit Quality teams by establishing the frameworks, readiness criteria, analytics and assurance rhythms within which delivery quality is executed. By translating alliance-wide insight into clear actions, the role supports early risk identification, reduction of systemic defects, and confident progression through commissioning and asset handover.
Working across Predictive Insights, AMS & Audit, Design Assurance and Supplier Quality, the role ensures lessons learned are rapidly embedded into standards and that quality performance improves consistently across programmes and partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing enterprise‑wide leadership of Central Quality functions, setting clear frameworks, standards and ways of working for Business Unit Quality teams
- Operating the Alliance quality assurance cadence, translating predictive insight, audits and assurance findings into clear, prioritised actions
- Defining and governing cross‑Alliance quality readiness criteria aligned to Delivery Milestones through Detailed Design, Construction, Commissioning, Operational Handover and Financial Completion.
- Maintaining programme‑level dashboards and thematic analysis to identify emerging risks, recurring defects and systemic performance gaps
- Coordinating escalation and resolution of systemic quality issues, ensuring root causes are addressed and improvements embedded into standards and guidance
- Chairing quality governance forums and acting as the authoritative source of Alliance‑level quality performance and insight
- Embedding lessons learned from audits, investigations and delivery feedback into Management System, Lessons Learned Exchange, standards and delivery guidance
- Leading the evolution of quality systems through digitalisation, automation and improved use of data
- Working closely with SHEA, Design Assurance, Supplier Quality and Commercial teams to align quality, safety, delivery and commercial outcomes
About you
Essential
- Extensive experience leading quality management and assurance within complex infrastructure or construction environments, ideally utilities or water
- Deep knowledge of quality management systems, auditing and standards such as ISO 9001
- Strong strategic mindset with the ability to translate data and insight into practical, preventative action at portfolio level
- A credible, inclusive leadership style with the confidence to challenge constructively and influence senior stakeholders
- Excellent communication and governance skills, with experience operating at enterprise or alliance level
Caring and investing in you
Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years, and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.
As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.
From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by.
- Competitive salary
- Company Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical
- 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
- 8 hours volunteering
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
- Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
- Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
- Leadership & management training and coaching
- Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
- Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
- Continuous service awards
Would you like to know more?
Please contact our Recruitment team via careers@barhale.co.uk
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