Quality Assurance Engineer

The Asset Support and Outage Excellence Team UK play a key role supporting power plant and gas storage projects, outages and maintenance activities across Uniper's UK and Swedish assets. The role is high-profile in helping to assure the quality that underpins security of supply and delivering Uniper's business strategy to accelerate the energy transition. We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity, offering the opportunities to improve quality assurance development initiatives, support station projects, outages and maintenance activities across Uniper's power generation and storage fleet. This role supports our assets Nationwide so can be based at any of our UK sites.

The Asset Support and Outage Excellence Team UK play a key role supporting power plant and gas storage projects, outages and maintenance activities across Uniper's UK and Swedish assets. The role is high-profile in helping to assure the quality that underpins security of supply and delivering Uniper's business strategy to accelerate the energy transition.
We are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity, offering the opportunities to improve quality assurance development initiatives, support station projects, outages and maintenance activities across Uniper's power generation and storage fleet.

This role supports our assets Nationwide so can be based at any of our UK sites.

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

Your responsibilities

You will be responsible to the Team Leader for ensuring that work targets and objectives are satisfactorily completed and that all work is completed across the main KPI's (safety, time, cost, quality, technical performance and compliance). A flexible attitude, innovative approach, desire for new challenges and the ability to work within a small & medium size team are key characteristics you will show.

Supporting project implementation, you will manage stakeholders to provide onsite support of QA and QC processes and demonstrate how they are adding value by helping to ensure that business targets are met, and a continuous improvement process is maintained.
Ensure best practice is employed by networking and benchmark comparisons with other functions and businesses to achieve optimum business performance.
Using your stakeholder management skills, collaborate with Uniper's functions such as Asset Operations, Procurement, Operational Excellence and IT to create collaborative standards and processes and improve quality performance.
Your detailed mindset will ensure all team operations and activities meet internal and external audit standards and where deficiencies are identified ensure action plans are in place and progressed effectively.
You will manage and contribute to the improvement of Quality Assurance including regular audits of the work control management process.
Your responsibilities will include ensuring projects meet the quality standards required to minimise total quality costs and maximise customer satisfaction whilst ensuring procedures and processes are adhered to.
You will be responsible for delivering and managing quality initiatives working closely with Uniper's functional organisation, OEMS's and supply chains to ensure compliance, security of supply and the highest standard of HSSEQ performance.
You will be self-motivated and demonstrate a proactive approach, clearly identifying practical and effective means of improving technical, commercial or procedural aspects related to the role.
You will support wider business initiatives (global) and policy developments ensuring quality is embedded throughout.

Your profile

Essential

An HNC or engineering degree qualification and/or engineering craft-based qualification and/or appropriate Project Management or Quality Assurance qualification, with relevant process plant knowledge and experience.
Experience in ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Requirements and Root Cause Analysis Techniques
An understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation and standards and a positive safety and quality mind set including a safety management qualification (IOSH Managing Safely / NEBOSH Certificate)
Experience in implementation of Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes and their practical application through performing inspections of work within a process environment.
A demonstrable track record of applying continuous improvement techniques to improve performance of management systems and processes.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across functions and with site teams
Strong interpersonal skills to create effective working relationships with all stakeholders
The confidence to challenge established practices and suggesting imaginative solutions
Full UK applicable drivers license

Desirable:

APMP or Prince 2 qualification in project management.
Knowledge and competence of using SAP based systems.
Experience in application of lean tools.
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment

Your qualities

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.
Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:
Competitive salary
Personal development and Learning opportunities
Enhanced company pension - With up to 12% company contributions
26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Electric vehicle charging at our sites
In house Occupational Health Services
Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
Performance related benefits
Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work, or buy and sell extra holiday
Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Your contact

Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact the UK Talent Acquisition Manager

domninic.lindsey(at)uniper.energy

Please note, any CV's sent via email would not be taken into consideration. All CV's must be submitted via the online application process only.

Job information

Contract type: Unlimited
Working Hours: Full time
Start Date: ASAP
Deadline:
Salary: H Grade (Generation)

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.