Project Quality Lead - Data Centres

  • 7052
  • Aylesbury
  • Oxford, England
  • Permanent

Project Quality Manager – £1bn+ Landmark Scheme | Oxfordshire

Client: Blue-Chip Data Centre Leader
Location: Oxfordshire | Site-Based 

Shape the future of quality on one of the UK's most ambitious projects.
We're delivering a £1bn+ data centre scheme for a global blue-chip client – and we need a Project Quality Manager to set the standard. This is your chance to lead quality assurance and compliance on a project that will define industry benchmarks.

Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a world-class engineering enterprise with over 160 years of heritage.
  • Work on a high-profile, cutting-edge data centre project with a collaborative, forward-thinking team.
  • Drive quality culture and continuous improvement across a complex, high-assurance environment.

Your Impact

As Project Quality Manager, you'll:

  • Develop and implement the Project Quality Plan and systems to meet contractual and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead assurance and compliance activities, ensuring operational excellence and client satisfaction.
  • Champion a “Get it Right” culture, delivering training and guidance across the project team.
  • Manage non-conformance investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
  • Oversee lifetime quality records and digital assurance tools, ensuring seamless handover.

What You Bring

  • 10+ years' experience in Quality across governance, assurance, compliance, and improvement.
  • Expertise in ISO 9001:2015 and associated standards.
  • Proven leadership in complex, regulated environments (e.g., Nuclear, Rail, Energy, Healthcare).
  • Strong communication skills and ability to influence at all levels.
  • Familiarity with digital construction tools (Fieldview, Asite, Trimble).

Desirable

  • ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification.
  • Chartered Quality Professional (CQI) or equivalent.

What's in it for you?

  • Competitive package and benefits.
  • Opportunity to work on a flagship project with a global client.
  • A culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Ready to set the standard?
Apply now and help us deliver excellence on one of the UK's most exciting projects.

About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.


Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.


As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.


We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

 

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