Quality Engineer - Benalla

Schneider Electric; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex@Work

Coursera access

Fitness Passport

Share program

Annual Leave purchasing

Discounts with major vendors

Ongoing training and development

Job summary

Schneider Electric in Benalla, Victoria, is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure products, processes and suppliers meet quality standards and ISO 9001 requirements. You will drive continuous improvement across Benalla operations, support manufacturing quality, resolve defects and act as a key link to shop floor teams.

Key responsibilities include maintaining the Quality Management System, auditing manufacturing processes, assisting with customer warranty administration, conducting root-cause

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Electrical trade or similar technical qualification) with leadership experience.
• Experience managing technical resources in services/maintenance sectors.
• Strong project management and operational delivery skills across technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve ISO 9001 quality management and audit processes.
• Provide customer support and manage warranty activities.
• Investigate defects and perform root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with Project Management, Production and leaders on customer requirements.
• Lead supplier quality management and corrective actions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Data analysis

Problem solving

Technical trade qualification

Electrical trade

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Electrical/Technical trade

Job description

• Rare career opportunity for the Engineering/Quality professional
• Enjoy a new challenge as you join a truly global organisation
• Benalla Victoria location – rewarding salary package + bonus

About Us

Our Benalla manufacturing site, located in regional Victoria just 2.5 hours north of Melbourne’s CBD, is a cornerstone of our Australian operations. As a proud local manufacturer, the plant delivers advanced energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability, specialising in Transformers, Kiosks and Switchgear. Benalla stands as a testament to our commitment to innovation, quality engineering and regional economic growth.

The Opportunity

We look forward to you joining our Benalla team in the position of Quality Engineer. This critical role will see you playing a proactive role to ensure that Products, Processes and Suppliers meet quality requirements, customer expectations, and ISO 9001 standards.

This rarely available career opportunity will see you leveraging your background as you play a key role to support manufacturing quality, the resolution of defects and ultimately making an Impact to drive continuous improvement across Benalla operations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain and improve our Quality Management System (ISO 9001 compliance) as you oversee and improve our Auditing in relation to our manufacturing processes
• Act as a key point of contact to provide Customer Support, administration of Customer Warranty processes and act as a local advisor to our shop floor teams (inspections, release checks etc.)
• Support customer issues and field failure investigations in relation to Customer repairs and other related issues
• Review defects and take a proactive approach to prevent reoccurring issues, conducting root cause analysis and other related tasks
• Collaborate with various internal teams; Project Management, Production and other Leaders, ensuring we are aligned in any modifications to Customer requirements
• Ensure adherence to Quality Standards, complete various internal/external Audits and ensure we adhere to specific internal processes and other close-out actions
• Support any ad-hoc projects when required, primarily focusing on areas of continuous improvement and other areas that prepare us for future Customer requirements
• Supplier management to ensure a robust manufacturing process through a level of strategic planning, including supplier quality issues and corrective actions

Our ideal candidate will possess:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Electrician or similar Technical Trade) coupled with proven experience in a similar leadership position
• Proven leadership capabilities and experienced in managing technical resources, ideally within a similar organisation/market (Services, Maintenance etc.)
• Well-developed project management skills and demonstrated experience across operational delivery in support of diverse technical projects and related Customers
• Intermediate IT skills, confident in your proven ability to leverage data to shape decisions, generate reports and provide specialist commentary when required
• Well-developed problem-solving abilities, strong on the technical but also someone who can achieve outcomes through people within a high-tempo environment
• Those with additional qualifications (Project Management, Engineering etc.) will be viewed favourably

All applicants must have working rights in Australia at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for Interview.

Schneider Electric does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. If any candidates are submitted in an unsolicited manner, we will consider this as a direct candidate application to Schneider Electric and no fee will be payable.

Benefits of Working for Schneider Electric

We offer all our employees a chance to build your career within our global organisation. With our game changing ‘Career Hub’ you have the opportunity to; work on global projects, explore future roles or establish a mentorship to grow your skills. The opportunities are at your fingertips.

• Flex@Work – a proactive, supportive and inclusive approach to flexible work options
• FREE access to Coursera– online University to support your ongoing development
• Fitness Passport– focus on your health and wellbeing
• Share programwith the option to participate and receive discounts and contributions
• Annual Leave purchasingoptions to ensure you have flexibility in your downtime
• Discountsat major vendors such as; Clipsal, JB-HiFi and Hoyts just to name a few through our employee rewards schemes
• Ongoing training and developmenton an expanding portfolio of Schneider products