Job Description
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Company Details
Company : Wood
Skills : QA / QC / Inspection
Education : High School/Secondary
Location : Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Objective
Regional Manager controls, manages and monitors the application of Quality management measures and systems across the assigned region in accordance with Wood quality policy, quality standard and agreed objectives. Ensures the effective implementation and maintenance of quality management systems, complying with ISO 9001 requirements where applicable. Report to operations centre and regional management on the performance of quality within their designated business area and proposing solutions and continual improvement. This includes being the custodian of quality management and continuous improvement, enabling the application of project/contract start-up and intervention support, regional assurance activity and quality improvement plans.
RESPONSIBILITIES
LEADERSHIP
Promote Quality to all areas of the region including the effective communication and engagement of what quality means and how it adds value.
Provide functional support to regional quality team ensuring they are aware of their roles, responsibilities and deliverables. Ensure they are competent and provided with mentoring where required.
Effective quality planning to ensure quality budgets are established, the function is resourced and defined quality deliverables are produced in line with agreed timeframes.
Provide support to projects/contracts in the appointment of new hires
Ensuring direct reports are assessed as being competent for their allocated roles and coaches, mentors and supports the ongoing development of these resources.
Manage regional quality input to tenders and proposals
Undertake activities in support of OAQ objectives, as cascaded from BU, and to further cascade to regional projects/contracts
Lead by personal example and encourage all employees to conduct their activities in accordance with all applicable laws, professional standards, and the enterprise standards and policies
Acting as the regional Management System (MS) representative providing direction and support to leadership on management system development and its effective deployment including MOC.
GOVERNANCE
Promotion and of risk-based planning of contract/project assurance schedules within region
Timely provision of data, key risks, trends and themes to BU monthly reporting cycle
Manages regional and Operating Centre quality management system reviews and their outputs.
Responsible for promotion and embedment of Customer Satisfaction system and feedback processes
Oversight and verification of PMR Quality Data and support to local/regional PMR reviews
ASSURANCE
Ensure the regional level assurance programme is deployed, via GTRAC, in line with key enterprise standards and process including the resourcing of competent personnel to deliver.
Identification and management of improvement plans to reduce/ eliminate risk identified during assurance activities
Support corrective action process with staff post-audit
Support the maintenance of MS certification including acting as the regional conduit for all 3rd party MS assessments
Ensures the overall integrity and scope of the management system as applied in all relevant businesses, locations and worksites
IMPROVEMENT
Ensuring that ATRAC system is effectively deployed across the region
Ensure that suitable and sufficient investigation and RCA is applied.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement across the region, including embedment of processes for progressive learnings
Actively participates in the wider quality network both offering and taking on good practices and elevates good practices to higher organisational levels for wider implementation
Supports the drive for standardisation of BMS content across the business, maximising the use of global and business essential consistency processes where applicable
QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications
Degree qualified in engineering, Quality or technical discipline (essential)
Chartered Quality Professional by the CQI or equivalent (preferrable)
Lead Auditor (essential)
Knowledge, skills, and experience
Proven experience as a Quality Leader
Strong knowledge of MS Standards (e.g., ISO 9001, 14001, 45001) and their deployment
Experience of risk analysis and delivery of assurance programmes
Established and achieved challenging performance targets
Demonstrated a commitment to continual learning and development
Proficient in the use of continual improvement tools and techniques
Personal attributes
High level of effective and engaging communication skills in both written and spoken format
Confident at talking at senior leadership levels
Analytical, Problems Solving skills and Systematic thinking
Strong ability to influence without direct authority
Consistently model and lead on Wood's shared values
Balance humility and self confidence
Build robust capability and appropriate succession and development
Champion and drive innovation and change initiatives, focused on improving quality and effectiveness
Work effectively across different cultures and varied business groups and services with a global mind-set
Both challenge and support the business to encourage and drive improvement and learning
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. At Wood our common purpose is to unlock solutions to the world s most critical challenges. Through the delivery of our Consulting, Project and Operations solutions across energy and the built environment we deliver exceptional returns for our clients, our people, our investors and the communities where we live and work. Visit us at www.woodplc.com and follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Desired Candidate Profile
Education:
Bachelor of Technology/Engineering
Gender:
nm
Nationality:
Any Nationality
