Quality Control Engineer/Inspector RC Civils

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

1/17/2025

Responsibilities

• Defects and rectification (ensuring NCR are raised and tracked)
• Compliance with and impact of Employer works information, specification and instructions.
• Provide input to the project quality reports.
• Report completion.
• Supporting in off-site inspections.
• Witness, material inspections, material testing & test results within specific qualifications and experience.
• Carry out Quality Control inspections on site during the track construction process and manage the quality control checks carried out by the construction teams.
• Witness Quality Control checklist completion for all track construction activities.
• Ensure that all site Quality Control is undertaken at all stages of track construction in accordance with the track Inspection and Test Plan.
• Monitor the Inspection and Test Plan for witness, validation & acceptance activities.
• Support the Quality Control Manager on all quality matters including delivery of quality
• Support the inspections carried out by the Independent Third Party Inspection Authority
• Assist in preparing and developing of the Inspection and Test Plans and quality related documentation.
• Provide operational and functional support with advice to ensure that the works and all management systems are completed “At Each Stage, Right First Time Every Time”.
• Participate as requested in Quality audits of projects, suppliers and contractors.
• Monitor and report on the implementation of the company’s policies and procedures.
• Assist in the collection/compilation of the projects’ objectives, targets and KPI data.
• Assist in the preparation and implementation of Quality training courses.
• Ensure at construction stage that all required certifications are available and copies obtained.
• Liaise with client Quality Control counterparts.
• Raise quality related Non-Conformance Reports for track construction works.
• Ensure that all track Quality Control records are created, maintained and archived.
• Support in the compilation and review of Lifetime Quality Records.
• Ensure there is a traceability of materials through the construction process.
• Ongoing Work performance information.
• Witness FATs, SATs, permanent and temporary works based on risk, Operational Experience and Quality Indicators
• Oversight of change requests and concessions. (sign off / completion prior to construction).
• Support in measuring the work has been delivered correctly on or off site.
  
  

Requirements

• Previous experience in quality and inspections in projects of a similar size and complexity.
• Previous experience in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Fabrication or NDT
• Ability to obtain SC Clearance
• Nuclear/MOD Experience is desirable
  
  

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS

• HND/HNC in Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or suitable experience in similar field.
  
  

Desirable

• ISO 9001 Auditor
• Formal Training in an appropriate discipline
• NDT Qualifications
• CSCS Card
• IOSH
  
  

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.