Quality Lead - Assurance, Technology and Regulation

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

About the Opportunity

Assurance, Technology & Regulation (AT&R) team has a primary focus on three key areas; Independent Oversight & Assurance, Technology Development, and Regulatory Support. We have been directly involved in the Royal Navy's Nuclear Submarine Program for six decades and support the UK Civil Nuclear & Decommissioning industry. Come and join AT&R's Business Operations Team and take on a key role in leading, managing and advising on, the activities required to meet the quality standards set for AT&R products, projects or services.

You will take ownership of a variety of effective quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) activities and measures for project delivery, client or business group management. You will lead on client or business group specific QA/QC plans and define method and implementation plans, including assurance/control measures, customer feedback mechanisms, corrective, analysis, and continuous improvement. This role is responsible for quality assurance activities such as audit, inspection, and performance excellence.

This role is to lead and manage a team, area or department so that people and delivery performance is maximized. You will manage and lead on setting the strategic operational direction within your own area of responsibility, where you will manage stakeholders and teams to deliver capability in support of the business requirement.

What you will doing:

• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices


• Leads on quality management controls and practices (internal and external) to the company. This includes; coordination and execution of audits as well as participation in Lloyds Register Certification activities


• Creates and continually reviews the company's quality procedures, standards and specifications to ensure they are fit for purpose. Seeks out industry best practice with a focus on continuous improvement across AT&R


• Lead on quality management aspects of AT&R supply chain engagement while establishing and maintaining quality assurance and controls procedures and registers for AT&R


• Measure, track and report project quality performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques


• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions; identifies applications of functional knowledge and existing methodologies to complex problems


• Leads functional teams or projects and serves as a best practice/quality resource, this includes direct line management


• Create and manage the quality induction programme for AT&R


• Supervise and oversee the activities of other staff outside of AT&R / the Business Operations team who provide quality services to AT&R projects


Here's what you'll need:

• Masters Degree (Level 7 or equivalent) in relevant subject


• Membership of a professional institution is desirable (CQI)


• Internal and external auditing skills


• Knowledge of legal, regulatory requirements and voluntary standards


• Developing and delivering strategies, policies and plans


• Managing change


• Acting as a quality role model


Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

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• Masters Degree (Level 7 or equivalent) in relevant subject


• Membership of a professional institution is desirable (CQI)


• Internal and external auditing skills


• Knowledge of legal, regulatory requirements and voluntary standards


• Developing and delivering strategies, policies and plans


• Managing change


• Acting as a quality role model
  
  At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities., Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.


We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.