Lead Quality & Inspection Plant

Role Overview

Lead Quality & Inspection Plant at Wood PLC. The role involves supporting the company's projects business, contributing to the development of a new gold mine and processing facility at a remote site in Saudi Arabia.

Role Purpose

Manage all aspects of quality across the organization and services provided. Lead quality assurance, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement to ensure compliance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence across the project.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Management & Systems

• Manage all aspects of quality across the breadth of the respective organization and services provided.
• Drive the Wood Business Management System (BMS) across the organization, ensuring effective application and routine monitoring, assessment, and improvement of compliance.
• Facilitate external BMS certification as appropriate.
• Ensure consistent and effective implementation of quality supporting systems across the organization, including NCR, improvement actions, and lessons learned.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Identify and regularly engage key stakeholders to promote quality management and gather feedback on performance.
• Manage and regularly engage with quality teams, ensuring competence assurance, performance appraisal, objective setting, and sharing of best practices.
• Build and manage relationships with customers and key stakeholders.
• Gather and act upon customer feedback, ensuring action is taken to maintain and improve customer satisfaction.

Planning, Resource Management & Delivery

• Plan and allocate resources effectively, including people and budgets, enabling delivery of agreed objectives and deliverables.
• Plan and execute risk-based assurance plans, including escalation of significant findings to senior leaders.
• Support tenders and proposal activities for the organization.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Monitor and analyze delivery performance data, regularly reporting themes and trends to senior leaders.
• Undertake intervention as required based on performance analysis.
• Drive efforts to maximize margin enhancement.

Supply Chain & Quality Assurance

• Ensure quality is driven across the supply chain to assure right first-time delivery.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree or diploma in quality management, project management, or related discipline (essential).
• Lead Auditor qualification by a recognized industry body (essential).
• Formal training in recognized root cause analysis techniques (essential).
• 10 years of relevant experience, preferably in the associated industry.
• Comprehensive understanding of industry standards, including ISO 9001.
• Membership of CQI/ASQ Quality organizations, Project Management Institute or equivalent (desirable).

Skills & Competencies

• Experience in building and managing relationships with customers and key stakeholders.
• Experience in working with multifunctional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change and thrive in a highly dynamic work environment.
• High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format.
• Proficiency in the use of continuous improvement tools and techniques.

Additional Information

• Medical Insurance: Covers specialist care for you and eligible family members residing in country. Pre-existing medical conditions are covered. No limit on number of children covered under the policy, however age and coverage limits apply in line with KSA CCHI rules. Option to select higher medical cover payable at employee's own expense.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Allows you and immediate family members to confidentially discuss any work or personal issues. Supports mental, physical, social, and financial well-being.
• GOSI (Social Insurance): Payable to KSA employees. Social insurance contributions are paid by the company in line with Government legislation to cover occupational hazards.
• End of Service Gratuity: In line with KSA Labour Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit.
• Examination Leave: Upon company approval to enroll in or continue within an education institute, employees have the right to fully paid leave to sit for an examination of an unrepeated year. Leave duration is based on the days of actual examination and must be applied for no less than fifteen days prior to exam.
• Professional Memberships: One professional membership, registration, subscription, certification, and/or license cost per annum for all active Wood employees. The membership must be relevant to the role or be part of a development plan. Reimbursement claimed via the expenses procedure system with supporting evidence.
• Inspire Awards: Annual awards programme recognizing and celebrating inspirational colleagues. Employees can nominate peers for hard work, innovation, and tenacity.
• Long Service Award: Wood values commitment and loyalty. Celebration of long service at 5-year service milestones demonstrates appreciation of hard work, dedication, and years of service.
• Career Development Champions: Structured growth prioritized through goal setting and resource utilization. Employees use tools for planning and feedback, with managers actively coaching and mentoring to support advancement. Continuous learning and development emphasized to help employees achieve career goals effectively.