Balfour Beatty

About the role

Join Balfour Beatty as a Quality Inspector at our Painter Brothers Steel Factory in Hereford!

Are you passionate about precision and quality? In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring every material meets client requirements and is delivered Right First Time.

You’ll help us achieve defect-free results and uphold the highest operational standards, including expertise in high-integrity coded welding and inspection processes that support world-class factory fabrication.

Bring your eye for detail and commitment to excellence and be part of a team that takes pride in delivering outstanding projects.

What you'll be doing

As a Quality Inspector, you will support the wider Quality Team to deliver a wide range of activities to ensure compliance and continuous improvement of our certified BS EN ISO9001:2015 and BS EN ISO3834-2 management systems and product certification BS EN 1090-2 including:

• Carrying out Measurement and Visual Inspection (NDT) testing of Welds and report on results.
• Ensuring defined inspections are conducted and records maintained.
• Identifying and controlling non-conforming materials and raising non-conformance reports as necessary.
• Assisting with investigation of root cause to ensure that suitable corrective action plans are developed.
• Reviewing manufacturing and technical data provided by client, Technical Team, and supply chain.
• Reviewing Welding Specifications and Product Standards and ensuring that all necessary information and reporting requirements for welding operations are generated and available prior of commencement of work.

Who we're looking for

• Previous experience working within a Manufacturing/Construction environment
• Good communication skills
• Observant and high levels of attention to detail.
• Good report writing and numeracy skills.
• Good IT skills (knowledge of MS Office 365)
• Self-motivated, able to work independently & ability to work to deadlines.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Knowledge of ISO 9001
• Knowledge of Fabrication and Welding Techniques.
• Knowledge of Visual Inspection, Magnetic Particle Inspection, Dye Penetrant Inspection.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and process controls
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications

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Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

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