Quality Lead:Rail projects

AECOM
Dublin
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)Skills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Quality leadership","Risk management","Influencing"]

Lead programme-level quality management for major rail and transport infrastructure projects in Ireland. Provide strategic quality governance and independent assurance across programme and PMO workstreams, develop and maintain quality management plans, and ensure teams comply with client standards and procedures. Monitor quality performance indicators, drive audit/inspection activities and continuous improvement, and manage investigations into non-conformances with corrective and preventive actions.

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Quality Lead:Rail projects

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Job Summary

Lead programme-level quality management for major rail and transport infrastructure projects in Ireland. Provide strategic quality governance and independent assurance across programme and PMO workstreams, develop and maintain quality management plans, and ensure teams comply with client standards and procedures. Monitor quality performance indicators, drive audit/inspection activities and continuous improvement, and manage investigations into non-conformances with corrective and preventive actions.
Location: Dublin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and oversee programme and PMO quality management activities to ensure consistent 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 by 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 and support audit/inspection/assurance and continuous improvement activities.

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience in a Quality Management/Quality Assurance role within major infrastructure, engineering, or construction programmes.
  • •Demonstrable experience operating at programme/portfolio/PMO level rather than only individual project level.
  • •Strong understanding of quality management systems, assurance processes, audits, non-conformance management, and continuous improvement.
  • •Familiarity with client procedures, standards, and ways of working in the Irish transport infrastructure environment.
  • •Experience of quality requirements associated with tunnelling and/or rail projects.
Experience:InfrastructureEngineeringConstructionRail projects
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementQuality leadershipRisk managementInfluencing
Certifications:ISO 9001
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ISO 9001

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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