Quality Manager

The Vacancy

Wates are looking for a Quality Manager to join our Construction Team in London focussing on high profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors.

If you are passionate about Quality & Transformation and are looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.  

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

Key Accountabilities:

• Management and oversight of quality control for the designated project and support the Construction Team with the practical application of Digital / Field Tools to proactively record inspections and snagging, and compliance with our Operating Framework

• Investigation of incidents where quality / workmanship is the root cause ensuring appropriate remedial activities, identifying areas for improvement / lessons learnt and implementing necessary improvements.

• Review Construction performance against industry practice, to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, specification, and best practice.

• Lead on continual improvement of the Operating Framework (OF) ensuring relevance to the business, informed by feedback from Operating Framework users, Field View / Dalux data, external audits, compliance reviews, incidents, complaints, industry best practice and lessons learnt 

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What we offer:

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme

• Flexible working

• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)

• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)

• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…

• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.

• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link

https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/ 

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies or to discuss career opportunities in strict confidence, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.