Project Quality Lead at J. Murphy & Sons Ltd, Bamber Bridge

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water. 

Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.

Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Project Quality Lead

As the quality lead for your projects, you will work closely with delivery teams to embed a culture of Right First Time and drive quality performance from planning through to handover.

You will:

• Provide visible quality leadership across live projects, partnering with operational teams to drive quality performance, manage risk and deliver right first time outcomes.
• Carry out audits, inspections and quality reviews, ensuring compliance with project requirements, company standards and ISO 9001.
• Support the development and implementation of Quality Plans, Inspection & Test Plans and other key quality documentation.
• Lead the investigation and close-out of non-conformances, identifying root causes and driving effective corrective actions.
• Analyse quality performance and drive continuous improvement through coaching, influencing and developing project teams and supply chain partners.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Significant experience in a quality role within construction, infrastructure, engineering or utilities.
• Proven experience supporting the delivery of construction or engineering projects.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management systems.
• Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor qualification.
• CQI membership, with CQP MCQI status advantageous.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word and Outlook.