Quality Advisor

Description

Location: Perth - Scotland | Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Full-Time | Office & Site Based

Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.

The Opportunity

At OCU, quality is fundamental to the safe and successful delivery of the infrastructure projects that power and connect communities across the UK. As a Quality Advisor, you'll play a key role in supporting and improving our quality management systems, helping ensure our operations consistently meet the highest standards of compliance, performance, and customer satisfaction.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about continuous improvement and enjoys working closely with operational teams to drive quality across a growing organisation. You'll have the opportunity to influence processes, support audits, and contribute to the successful delivery of nationally significant projects.

What You'll Do

• Support the development, implementation, and continual improvement of quality management systems across the business.
• Conduct internal audits to ensure compliance with company procedures, ISO standards, and client requirements.
• Monitor quality performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and compliance.
• Investigate non-conformances, customer complaints, and quality issues, supporting the implementation of corrective actions.
• Produce quality reports, performance data, and management information to support decision-making.
• Provide guidance and support to operational teams on quality assurance processes and best practice.
• Liaise with external auditors, certification bodies, and stakeholders during audits and assessments.
• Support supplier quality management activities and assist with the monitoring of supplier performance.
• Deliver quality-related training, awareness sessions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate quality records, documentation, and audit evidence.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience in a Quality Advisor, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or similar role.

• Experience working with quality management systems and standards, including ISO 9001.

• Strong understanding of auditing principles and compliance processes.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong attention to detail and organisational capabilities.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently while building effective relationships across the business.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and quality management systems.

• Experience within utilities, infrastructure, engineering, construction, or regulated environments.

• Bonus if you hold an Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor qualification.

• It would be great if you have experience supporting external certification and accreditation audits.

• It would be great if you've delivered quality improvement initiatives and process reviews.

• Knowledge of integrated management systems and continuous improvement methodologies would be advantageous.

What We Offer

At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.

Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.

As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.

For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Jonathan Bryden at [email protected].

Our vacancies are typically advertised for two weeks; however, we reserve the right to close applications early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.

About OCU Group

At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.

As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.

Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.

Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.

We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.

At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.

Our Culture & Values

At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.

As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.

To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing [email protected].