Business/Quality Advisor Apprentice

Summary

This role is pivotal in aiding the Quality Advisor to achieve project excellence. You will be deeply involved in the intricacies of quality management, playing a crucial role in upholding and advancing our commitment to unparalleled standards.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course

Quality practitioner (level 4)

Hours

This role is Monday to Friday.

45 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 3 September 2025

Duration

1 year 2 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Develop expertise in scrutinising Inspection and Test Plans crafted by our engineers, suppliers, and subcontractors. This involves ensuring a thorough understanding and alignment with client requirements and our internal quality benchmarks.
Audit Support: Play a supporting role in conducting comprehensive audits across various project facets, ensuring all aspects adhere to our rigorous quality standards. Learning to audit is a key skill and will lead to becoming a Qualified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor.
Documentation and Handover Excellence: Ensure meticulous compilation and management of handover records, contributing to seamless project transitions and clear documentation trails.
Non-Conformance Management: Acquire skills in identifying, analysing, and resolving non-conformances. This includes implementing corrective actions and strategies to prevent future occurrences, thereby contributing to continuous improvement.
Quality Culture Advocacy: Assist in fostering a culture of quality within the site team. This includes educating on best practices, correct processes, and necessary documentation, ensuring adherence to our high standards.
Data Compilation and Reporting: Aid in gathering and assembling Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and preparing comprehensive monthly reports, providing insights into project performance and areas for improvement.

Where you'll work

Various projects across the UK
NW5 1TN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

CAPELLA ASSOCIATES LTD

Your training course

Quality practitioner (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.
Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.

Your training plan

Training will be a balance of site based and college activities.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 9-4)
Maths (grade 9-4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Administrative skills
Team working

About this company

Murphy is a leading international, multi-disciplined engineering and construction company founded in 1951 that improves life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation, water, power and natural resources. We also have a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy employs more than 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, we work as ‘One Murphy’ by directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. There’s more to Murphy.

http://www.murphygroup.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development. 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays. Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, discounted gym memberships, cycle to work scheme. Access to Murphy Wellbeing.

After this apprenticeship

This apprenticeshiptship is working towards the role of Quality Practitioner.

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