Quality Lead

You will be reporting to the Operating Officer (COO), the post holder will be responsible for the management of io’s corporate BMS and ensuring on going ISO 9001:2015 certification. The role also requires supporting io’s projects as a project quality manager (PQM). It is envisaged that 50% of the role will be dedicated to projects and 50% of the role dedicated to corporate activities.

Responsibilities

Corporate Quality Leadership:

• manage, maintain and improve the io corporate quality management system 
• own the relationship with io’s third party ISO9001 auditor 
• maintain io’s ISO 9001 certification 
• drive improvement into io’s corporate quality systems 
• maintain corporate functional KPI statistics for monthly and quarterly management reporting 
• audit the effectiveness of the processes to authenticate conformance, identify any non-conformities and support continual improvement 
• own the management review process 
• plan and manage quality awareness education for all employees at io 

Who are we looking for:

• Extensive experience with quality requirements for projects with high engineering/technical content, economic modelling and planning aspects for large-scale infrastructure
• Ideally has experience of energy transition projects
• Ideally has experience working within in the front-end of energy projects
• Needs to be able to work autonomously across projects and corporate quality roles
• Ideally has experience of a start up but not essential
• Any HSSE experience would be a benefit, but it is not essential.
• Experience in a client facing, project environment
• Quality audit training & experience
• Continuous improvement driver / change agent
• Strong organisational & communication skills
• Fully computer literate (MS Word/Excel/Outlook)
• General project process knowledge
• Quality audit experience
• Analytical and reporting skills
• Change implementation skills and track records
• Ability to prioritize work and lead action until closure
• Understanding and experience of problem solving methodology