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AECOM is seeking an experienced Quality Lead:Rail projects to join our Dublin-based team, supporting the delivery of major transport infrastructure programmes across Ireland.
This is a programme-level quality leadership role, providing strategic direction, governance and assurance across projects and workstreams. The successful candidate will bring strong experience in quality management within complex infrastructure programmes, together with a sound understanding of the Irish transport environment.
A key requirement is familiarity with client procedures, standards and ways of working, as well as experience of quality requirements associated with tunnelling and rail infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee quality management activities at programme and PMO level, ensuring consistent application of quality requirements across projects and workstreams.
- Develop, implement and maintain programme-level Quality Management Plans, processes, procedures and assurance frameworks.
- Provide independent quality assurance and governance, identifying risks, trends, non-conformances and opportunities for improvement.
- Ensure project teams comply with applicable client requirements, standards and procedures.
- Establish and monitor quality performance indicators, reporting quality status, risks and key issues to programme leadership.
- Support the development and implementation of audit, inspection, assurance and continuous improvement programmes.
- Work closely with project managers, design teams, contractors, technical disciplines and client representatives to embed quality throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide quality leadership across complex infrastructure interfaces, with particular consideration of rail, tunnelling and major transport infrastructure requirements.
- Review and challenge project quality documentation, deliverables and assurance evidence.
- Lead or support investigations into quality issues, non-conformances and root causes, ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Promote a strong quality culture across the programme, encouraging consistent standards and a proactive approach to risk management.
- Contribute to programme governance, stage-gate reviews and management reporting.