Quality Manager

Kier Group

southampton, UKonsitePosted Jul 6, 2026
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At a glance

Highlights

  • remote-first
  • well-funded
  • equity upside
  • no on-call
  • async-friendly

Heads up

  • no on-call
  • no remote
  • no sponsorship

Why this role might suit you

The role offers exposure to ISO accredited management systems, direct impact on project profitability, and collaboration with pre-construction and operational teams within the Southern Region of Kier Group, providing a clear path for professional growth in quality assurance.

Skills

iso-9001iso-14001iso-45001quality-managementrisk-managementauditcomplaint-handlingreport-writingmanagement-systemscontinuous-improvementroot-cause-analysiscorrective-actionperformance-excellencedriving-improvementspecification-compliancepre-construction-supportoperational-delivery-supportquality-controlquality-assuranceteam-collaborationinitiativeorganizationattention-to-detailtask-balancingverbal-communicationwritten-communicationdriving-licence

About the role

We are currently looking to recruit a Quality Manager to support the Southern Region.

Location: Southampton.

Hours: Permanent – 42.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Quality Manager you'll be working within the team, supporting the pre-construction and operational delivery teams with QA compliance & to manage the areas of quality throughout all the projects, to the required quality while maximising customers' satisfaction, project operating margins and the area's profitability.

Your Day To Day Will include

Supporting and assisting the Pre-Construction & Operational teams to ensure a right first-time approach in quality management and specification compliance,

Ensuring compliance and operational management in Quality Control Systems, including auditing, risk management, investigations, complaint handling, report writing and Quality related training,

Ensuring the ISO accredited integrated management systems are effectively implemented & monitored, identifying opportunities, and implementing changes to drive continuous improvement,

Identifying areas of concern and supporting the contract teams to deliver improvements and analyse the root cause of defects and nonconformities, implement corrective action and update processes with lessons learned,

Driving improvements in Performance Excellence – always working to be better.

What are we looking for?

This role of Quality Manager is great for you if you:

Have an understanding of ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 management system standards,

Work on own initiative, be proactive and highly organised and display a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail,

Can effectively balance tasks and responsibilities to ensue all work is completed in a timely manner,

You have strong verbal and written communication skills,

Hold a Full Driving Licence.

Would you like to work with a dedicated and talented team? Then we would really like to hear from you!

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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 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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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