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About the Role

Lead quality assurance on a significant renewable energy construction project, helping to deliver large-scale solar, battery storage, and grid infrastructure to support a net-zero future. Play a key role in ensuring major construction partners meet the highest quality standards for the safe and reliable delivery of this landmark project.

Responsibilities

• Planning and managing construction quality activities from pre-construction through to commercial operation
• Leading and developing a small team of quality engineers across the project
• Developing and implementing project-specific quality plans and surveillance arrangements
• Managing contractor onboarding from a quality perspective
• Reviewing contractor and supplier quality management plans, inspection and test plans, method statements and quality reports
• Co-ordinating construction quality meetings and managing quality interfaces across multiple contractors
• Planning and managing independent manufacturing inspections for key equipment including PV modules, transformer stations and battery energy storage systems
• Undertaking construction quality inspections, commissioning witnessing and testing activities on site
• Reviewing quality evidence associated with contractor payment milestones
• Supporting defect investigation, resolution and continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements

• Degree-qualified in Construction, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional qualifications and experience
• Experience managing quality assurance and quality control activities across large-scale construction or infrastructure projects
• Experience leading, coaching and performance managing quality engineers or similar technical teams
• Experience working with contractors, consultants and advisors within regulated construction environments
• Strong working knowledge of NEC and/or FIDIC contracts and the application of quality requirements throughout the project lifecycle
• Experience developing and implementing project quality plans, surveillance arrangements and contractor quality documentation reviews
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations and construction quality governance requirements
• Experience planning and managing inspections, testing, commissioning witnessing and quality reporting activities

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• NEC Contracts
• FIDIC Contracts
• CDM Regulations
• Construction Quality Governance
• Inspection
• Testing
• Commissioning Witnessing
• Quality Reporting

Location

• London, UK (initially, for project meetings)
• Chelmsford, Essex, UK (from 2027, site-based)

Work Type

• Hybrid (initially)
• Full-time, Site-based (from 2027)

Experience Level

• Experienced

Education Level

• Degree-qualified in Construction, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional qualifications and experience

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus opportunity

Benefits

• Market-leading pension scheme
• Flexible benefits tailored to lifestyle
• Electric vehicle leasing
• Private healthcare
• Extra holiday

About the Company

• EDF Power Solutions is helping to power the UK's transition to a low-carbon future.
• The Longfield project combines large-scale solar generation, battery energy storage, and associated grid infrastructure.
• The company aims to deliver 10GW of low-carbon energy by 2035.
• Technologies span onshore and offshore wind, solar, battery storage, and green hydrogen.
• Committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities.

Equal Opportunity

• Everyone is welcome at EDF power solutions; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities.
• As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.