Project Quality Engineer

Hitachi, Ltd.; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 500,000,000 - 900,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi, Ltd. is seeking a Project Quality Lead to ensure quality excellence across the project lifecycle. You will drive QMS implementation, coordinate audits, and lead customer-facing quality interfaces to ensure compliance and delivery success.

The role requires strong ISO 9001 knowledge, a background in EPC environments, and hands-on QA/QC leadership across construction, installation, and handover activities. Excellent English skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction project environment in large organizations.
• ISO 9001 knowledge; lead auditor certification preferred.
• Bachelor's degree minimum; engineering/scientific master's preferred.
• Strong understanding of project management principles including risk management.
• Experience with Quality Plans, Master Test Plans, ITPs, inspections, test procedures, punch lists, and COPQ processes.
• Familiarity with 8D, RCA, PDCA, 5 Why, Lean Six Sigma, and FMEA.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and maintenance of the Project Quality Management System (QMS).
• Participate in project kick-offs, stage gates, and close-out reviews.
• Act as primary customer interface for project quality matters and ensure contractual compliance.
• Drive a strong quality culture across project teams with QA/QC practices.
• Plan, coordinate, and monitor project quality audits per requirements.
• Manage and report quality KPIs, NCRs, CCRPs, COPQ, and customer feedback.
• Oversee site quality activities including training, document validation, and ITPs.
• Verify quality compliance during construction, installation, commissioning, and handover.

Skills

Quality management

Quality assurance

Quality control

Project quality

KPI management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering or scientific master's (preferred)

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for ensuring project quality excellence throughout the project lifecycle by leading quality management, assurance, and control activities, driving compliance with customer and Hitachi Energy standards, managing quality performance, and supporting successful project delivery and customer satisfaction.

How you'll make an impact

• Lead the implementation and maintenance of the Project Quality Management System (QMS), including Project Quality Plans and project-specific quality documentation.

• Participate in project kick-off, stage gate, and close-out reviews, ensuring quality requirements, lessons learned, and mitigation actions are effectively managed.

• Act as the primary customer interface for project quality matters, addressing quality issues and ensuring contractual compliance.

• Drive a strong quality culture, promoting quality assurance, quality control, continuous improvement, and best practices across project teams.

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor project quality audits in line with customer and Hitachi Energy requirements.

• Manage and report key quality performance indicators (KPIs), including NCRs, CCRPs, COPQ, customer satisfaction metrics, and lessons learned.

• Ensure effective non-conformance management, supporting timely resolution of NCRs and adherence to quality processes and procedures.

• Oversee site quality activities, including personnel training, document validation, subcontractor quality alignment, and implementation of Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs).

• Verify quality compliance throughout construction, installation, commissioning, and project handover, ensuring contractual documentation and customer deliverables are completed successfully.

Your background

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction project-based environment within large and complex organizations; experience in the power, energy, renewable, or data center sectors is preferred, with 10 years of experience considered an advantage.

• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 standards; lead auditor certification is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree as a minimum requirement; an engineering or scientific master's degree is preferred.

• Good understanding of project management principles, including risk management.

• Experience with Project Quality Plans, Master Test Plans, Inspection and Test Plans, inspections, test procedures, punch lists, mechanical completion, lessons learned, COPQ, and customer feedback or T-NPS processes.

• Good knowledge of quality and problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, RCA, PDCA, 5 Why analysis, Lean Six Sigma, FMEA, and related tools.

• Ability to read and understand technical drawings is preferred.

• Excellent written and spoken English skills; additional language capability is an advantage.

• Knowledge of Salesforce, customer feedback systems, and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.