Quality and Performance Manager role on Kier Transportation’s flagship M6 Lune Gorge project (partnering with National Highways), focused on embedding quality excellence, audits, and continuous improvement across major works. It’s a site-based position in Cumbria with some remote working, offering strong benefits including private healthcare and a £6,700 car allowance.
- Work on flagship M6 Lune Gorge
- Private healthcare and excellent benefits
- £6,700 annual car allowance
Kier Transportation are working in partnership with National Highways to deliver significant schemes across the Northwest. We're looking for a Major Projects Quality and Performance Manager to join our M6 Lune Gorge team within RDP North. This role offers the chance to shape quality, drive performance and make a real impact on a flagship project.
Location
M6 Lune Gorge (RDP North) – site-based with some remote workingHours: 45 hours per week
Salary
£50,000 – £60,000 per year + private healthcare + £6,700 annual car allowance + excellent benefitsWe are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role
What will you be responsible for?
As a Major Projects Quality and Performance Manager, you'll play a key role in driving quality excellence across the M6 Lune Gorge scheme, working closely with project teams to embed best practice and continuous improvement.
Day to day, you will:
- Maintain and develop the business assurance system, keeping it accurate and effective
- Lead internal audits and support external assurance reviews
- Build strong relationships with teams, suppliers and clients to promote a positive quality culture
- Report on quality and performance metrics to both Kier and National Highways
- Lead process reviews and share best practice across the project
What are we looking for?
This Quality and Performance Manager role could be a great fit if you bring:
- Experience working with ISO standards as a Lead Auditor, driving continuous improvement
- Strong quality assurance knowledge, with the ability to manage non-conformances and share lessons learned
- A solid understanding of integrated management systems and process improvement
- Confidence engaging with clients and building collaborative stakeholder relationships
- A genuine passion for wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and creating a positive team environment
If you're looking to take ownership in a high-impact role and be part of a major infrastructure project, this is a great opportunity to make your mark.
Rewards and benefits
We'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 inclusion
Making 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.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
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