Quality Manager

**Location**:
Melbourne

Employment Type:
FP - Full-Time Permanent

Department:
Head Office - VIC

**Why choose Icon?**

With a workforce of nearly 800 employees and with projects across New Zealand and Australia, Icon is a large, diversified construction business, and supported by our parent company Kajima Corporation. We currently have over 75 projects ranging in size from $0.5 million to $500 million and annual revenues in excess of $1.3 billion, we have the industry’s greatest breadth of sector capability delivering projects of any size, any scale, anywhere.

**About the role of Quality Manager**:
To provide leadership, oversight, information, education and training to ensure Icon delivers projects to the highest quality standards and are known as industry leaders from a quality perspective, and to ensure design, detailing and specification complies with relevant codes and standards and best building practices.

**Key responsibilities of the role include**:

- Manage the various Quality Management functions within the company in order to ensure the development, implementation and periodic auditing within Victoria;
- Develops knowledge of quality principles and capability in quality tools, techniques and approaches throughout the organisation.
- Coach, motivate and empower others to take accountability for achieving and improving standards of performance.
- Report to senior management on the performance of the quality system and provide recommendations for improvement
- Lead and coach all staff and subcontractors ensuring they are aware of and implement Icon’s HSEQ policy and systems on construction projects in Victoria
- Facilitate training with project teams at key stages of the project life cycle or specific high risk works being undertaken
- Liaise with external parties as required on matters relating to the quality system
- Participate in the development of new initiatives and procedures
- Attend regular Group and Divisional Quality Meetings
- Ensure that processes needed for the quality system are established, implemented and maintained
- Assist projects in preparing project quality documents such as Quality Plans, ITP’s, Risk Reviews and provide training and direction to the personnel managing quality on site.

**About you**:

- Experience in a similar Quality Advisor/Manager role
- Previous experience onsite working closely with Consultants and Sub-Contractors is essential to be successful in this role
- Strong relationship builder and a high level of emotional intelligence
- Sound knowledge of Australian Standards, Industry Codes and Procedures
- Strong stakeholder management through sound negotiation, influencing and coaching skills
- Interest in utilising technology and ability to analyse data to make informed decisions
- Exposure to Building projects
- Thrives in a team environment

**Benefits and perks**:

- Access to our EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Market competitive Salary and excellent working environment
- Excellent Leave Polices that include purchased Annual Leave, Work Life Balance Days, Community Days and generous Parental Leave scheme
- Collaborative and values-based workplace culture
- Sporting and Social events
- Professional Memberships
- Discounts on Travel, Retail and Health

At Icon our people are our greatest asset. Without them, we would not be the successful business that we are today.

**How to apply**:
Applications should be made by submitting a CV and cover letter online outlining your interest, motivation and what you would bring to this role by way of background.

Agencies should note that unsolicited resumes will not be accepted for this position.