Quality Manager | Sweden

Job title: Quality Manager | Sweden

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years

• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of ‘leading edge’ engineering projects.

• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.

• To benefit from Kirby’s Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.

• To work with the best.

• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

About Kirby Group Engineering Kirby Group Engineering is an international multi-disciplinary engineering services contractor and leading provider of high-value engineering services to a number of ‘blue chip’ companies. Operating across Ireland, the UK, Europe and South Africa, Kirby has become the engineering service provider of choice in growth segments such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and power transmission and distribution. Our culture is innovative, collaborative and performance focused. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a company committed to developing talent and rewarding performance.

Role Purpose We’re delivering a large, technically complex data centre project in Sweden. The programme is driven, the standards are high, and commissioning is critical.

As the Quality Manager, you’ll lead the entire Quality function on site, setting standards and enforcing them. You will be joining during the pre-construction phase, you will play a key role in establishing and leading the project's quality function, ensuring quality requirements are integrated into project planning and delivery from the earliest stages through construction, commissioning and handover.

This is an excellent opportunity for an established Quality Manager or an experienced Mechanical or Electrical QC Lead who is ready to take the next step into a management position.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead and coordinate the project's quality function, including mechanical and electrical quality personnel and inspectors.

• Ensure the effective implementation of the project Quality Management System (QMS) and compliance with contractual and project-specific quality requirements.

• Review, implement and maintain Project Quality Plans, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) and associated quality documentation.

• Plan and coordinate inspection activities in line with the construction programme, project specifications and delivery milestones.

• Establish and support offsite manufacturing inspection arrangements for fabricated materials, pipework, supports, assemblies and other relevant components.

• Monitor installation quality across mechanical and electrical scopes, ensuring work complies with approved drawings, specifications and applicable standards.

• Manage non-conformances (NCRs), corrective actions, quality issues and associated reporting.

• Support audits, inspections and quality assurance activities throughout the project lifecycle.

• Work closely with construction, engineering, commissioning and supply chain teams to identify risks and resolve quality issues.

• Build effective working relationships with the client, subcontractors, suppliers and other project stakeholders.

• Lead, develop and support the quality team, promoting accountability, collaboration and a proactive approach to quality management.

• Monitor quality performance, identify improvement opportunities and ensure documentation is maintained for commissioning and final handover.

• Plan quality activities ahead of construction milestones, helping ensure the project is prepared for upcoming delivery requirements.

Ideal Candidate:

• A relevant mechanical or electrical engineering qualification or recognised technical/trade qualification.

• Experience in running Quality on a large industrial, pharma, semiconductor, or data centre projects.

• Strong QA/QC leadership experience on major construction projects

• Deep understanding of MEP and/or CSA quality requirements

• Strong knowledge of quality management systems, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), inspections, non-conformance management and corrective actions.

• Experience managing teams and influencing senior stakeholders

• Confidence working with design teams, trades, and client representatives

• Strong knowledge of EU standards, inspection processes, and commissioning requirements

Desired competencies / special role requirements

• Willingness to work predominantly onsite in Sweden and accommodate the project's rotational working arrangements.

• Data Centre experience preferred.

• Preferable from a trade’s background / trades experience.

For more information on this role, or other Construction / Engineering opportunities across Ireland, the UK, Europe, or South Africa please review our careers page (Vacancies - Kirby Group Careers) or contact the Talent Acquisition Team at Kirby Group in confidence.

Kirby Group Engineering is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.