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About the Role
Lead quality assurance on a significant renewable energy construction project, including solar, battery storage, and grid infrastructure, contributing to a net-zero future. Shape project quality arrangements, influence contractors, and drive excellence throughout the construction lifecycle.
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
- Construction Project Management
- NEC Contracts
- FIDIC Contracts
- CDM Regulations
- Inspection
- Testing
- Commissioning
- Quality Reporting
Location
- London, UK (initially, hybrid)
- 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 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
- Shaping an Electric UK and Ireland by powering the transition to a low-carbon future.
- Delivering Longfield Solar Farm, a flagship renewable energy project combining solar generation, battery energy storage, and grid infrastructure.
- The project has the capacity to power over 96,000 homes annually and deliver biodiversity enhancements.
- EDF Power Solutions is the UK & Ireland's most diverse renewable generator, with technologies spanning onshore and offshore wind, solar, battery storage, and green hydrogen.
- Aims to deliver 10GW of low-carbon energy by 2035.
- United by a shared ambition to tackle climate change.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities.
- A Disability Confident employer, supporting applicants requiring adjustments.