Are you a Project Quality Manager with exceptional stakeholder skills and a passion for delivering excellence? Are you ready to join Laing O'Rourke and contribute to some of the biggest and most complex building and infrastructure projects in the UK?

Over the next 6–9 months (April – June 2026), we expect to begin engaging PQMs for a range of major projects and portfolios across multiple sectors, including:

Healthcare | Life Sciences | Data Centres | Power | Water | Defence

If you have experience in any of our core industries — Healthcare, Science & Research, Data Centres, Rail, Nuclear / Power Transmission & Distribution, Defence, Aviation or Prisons — we'd love you to join our Project Quality Manager Talent Pool so we can keep you updated on new opportunities throughout 2025 and into 2026.

Why This Opportunity Matters

As a Project Quality Manager (PQM) at Laing O'Rourke, you'll be at the heart of major engineering programmes. You'll lead the charge on quality assurance and control, embedding a get it right first time culture and ensuring our teams deliver the exceptional outcomes our clients expect.

Your work will directly influence operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and the integrity of some of the UK's most prestigious projects.

What You'll Be Doing

As a PQM, you will:

Implement and champion the Quality Management System.

Act as the key Quality contact for stakeholders, including certification bodies.

Lead a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and proactive risk identification.

Deliver training, inductions and toolbox talks to uplift productivity, safety, and quality.

Review and guide quality-critical documentation (Quality Plans, ITPs, Method Statements, etc.).

Monitor and analyse Non-Conformances, driving corrective actions and root cause analysis.

Lead/support the Quality Incident Event Process for Category 1 NCRs.

Leverage digital construction tools to support lifetime quality records and reporting.

Ensure the creation and management of LTQR documentation, maintaining the golden thread.

Manage requirements across the project lifecycle, ensuring clarity and compliance.

Represent Quality with clients and key stakeholders, reporting performance and KPIs.

Mentor Quality Engineers and foster strong cross-functional relationships.

Support audits, certifications, lessons learned, and pan-Hub quality initiatives.

Contribute to strategic quality improvements aligned with organisational goals.

What You'll Bring

10+ years' experience in Quality (governance, assurance, compliance, improvement, leadership)

Experience in high-assurance sectors (Nuclear, Rail, Energy, Healthcare, etc.)

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Proven team leadership and prioritisation capability

Excellent understanding of ISO 9001:2015 and related standards

Digital construction and assurance system experience (Fieldview, Asite, Trimble)

Ability to work under pressure in complex project environments

Desirable:

ISO 9001:2015 Internal/Lead Auditor certification

Chartered status with CQI or an equivalent professional body (or working towards)