Supplier Quality Specialist

ABB; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Helsinki seeks QA professional to ensure critical components meet quality standards across supplier sites. You will conduct checks at supplier locations and perform final inspections before delivery to ABB factories. You will coordinate internal teams and suppliers to resolve quality and delivery issues.

The role requires NDT competence, welding/machining experience, and about 150 days of international travel per year, with a hybrid work model from Vuosaari, Helsinki.

Qualifications

• Technical degree required and ability to read drawings and specs.
• Experience in welding or machining and understanding related standards.
• NDT methods such as MT, PT, UT, VT knowledge.
• Willingness to travel internationally about 150 days per year.
• Good O365 skills and ability to learn new systems.

Responsibilities

• Quality checks for components at suppliers' manufacturing locations.
• Perform final quality inspections at supplier facilities before delivery.
• Manage quality, delivery and compliance issue resolution.
• Facilitate communication between internal teams and suppliers.
• Clarify specifications and align requirements with suppliers.

Skills

Technical drawings

Tolerances interpretation

Surface finish requirements

Fit and function criteria

NDT competence

Welding experience

Machining experience

O365 skills

Ability to travel

Education

Technical degree

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Purchasing Manager

Your Role And Responsibilities

In this role, you will ensure that critical components are delivered to ABB’s factories with the required quality. You will travel to subcontractor sites to perform quality checks together with the supplier before shipment, focusing on the most important and high‑priority components. Your office will be in Vuosaari, Helsinki, but role requires international travelling around 150 days per year to the suppliers.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Quality checks for components at suppliers manufacturing locations
• Performing final quality inspections at supplier facilities to verify component compliance before delivery to ABB factories
• Management of quality, delivery and compliance issue resolution
• Facilitation of communication between internal teams and suppliers
• Specification clarification and requirement alignment with suppliers
• Work model: hybrid, LI#hybrid

Qualifications For The Role

• Technical degree
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications, including tolerances, surface finish requirements, and fit/function criteria
• Several years’ working experience in welding or machining
• Understanding of welding and machining standards
• NDT competence (such as MT, PT, UT, VT)
• Good O365 skills and ability to learn new systems
• Willingness to travel internationally about 150 days per year

More About Us

At ABB Marine & Ports, we are committed to transforming our customers' vessels and terminal operations with innovative electric, automated, and digital technologies. As part of enabling a low-carbon society, we strive to preserve resources and promote social progress. Our sustainable solutions have a far-reaching impact, and by joining us you will actively play a part in contributing to a more sustainable future. www.abb.com/news

We offer an international and dynamic working environment where our business delivers advanced technology in large projects across the world in a customer-oriented and highly globalized industry.

Ready to make an impact?

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

For more information, please contact Purchasing Manager Akseli Kukkonen [phone].