Quality Specialist

ABB; Santa Paolina; Hybrid; EUR 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work options

Wellbeing support

Canteen provided

Job summary

ABB is seeking a Quality Manager to support the deployment of the quality strategy for the local unit, ensuring customer satisfaction and sustainable operations. You will lead quality initiatives, collaborate across functions, and drive prevention and continuous improvement while aligning with ABB standards.

The role requires a degree in engineering, 5+ years of experience, and proficiency in English and Italian.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years in similar roles desirable.
• Knowledge of Statistical Analysis and Minitab; Lean Six Sigma helpful.
• Fluent in English and Italian (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Define quality requirements, quality gates and the process control plan for new launches.
• Support product development in early stage to ensure products meet quality specs after launch sales.
• Define quality procedures and provide quality trainings.
• Improve safety, operating efficiency, quality and productivity in the value chain within the local business.
• Lead quality operations on a specific product family and coordinate quality activities in production.
• Act as reference for suppliers/customers during process audits to ensure compliance of practices and production surveillance.
• Manage non-conformity issues and lead RCA according to DMAIC.
• Manage quality data and metrics according to ABB standards.

Skills

Quality management

DMAIC

Root cause analysis

Statistical analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Team collaboration

English

Italian

Education

Degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Minitab

Statistical software

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:

Quality Manager

Your role and responsibilities

You will have the opportunity to support the deployment of the quality strategy for a local organizational unit, including quality culture, systems, tools, and competent teams with the aim to achieve and exceed customer expectations, while ensuring sustainable operations.

Each day, you will assist the organization in achieving the right mix of prevention, continuous improvement, robust root cause analysis, quick response, and sustainable solutions to problems. You will also showcase your expertise by collaborating with local functions that impact the quality results to reach the targets for the organizational unit and aim for world-class performance.
Work model for the role is: #LI-Onsite.

In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact, as you will be accountable for:

• Define quality requirements, quality gates and the process control plan for new launches.
• Support product development in early stage to ensure products satisfy quality specifications after launch sales.
• Define quality procedures and being responsible for quality trainings.
• Support the definition and implementation of actions to improve safety, operating efficiency, quality and productivity in the value chain, to improve customer satisfaction and increase profitability in a safe working environment within the local business.
• Lead quality operation on a specific product family: continuous improvement both on process and product, coordinating quality activities in production focused on achieving business target within quality.
• Be a reference for suppliers/customers during the process audits to ensure the compliance of working practice, procedures, and production surveillance.
• Manage non-conformity issues: cooperating closely with other business functions and leading RCA according to DMAIC approach.
• Be responsible to manage quality data and metrics according ABB standards.

Qualifications for the role

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience of 5+ years in similar roles will be considered a plus.
• Knowledge of Statistical Analysis and statistical software (i.e. Minitab). Knowledge of lean six sigma methodology will be considered a plus.
• Good knowledge of English and Italian, both written and spoken.
• Positive spirit, proactivity, team working, responsiveness. Commitment to deliver results by taking responsibility to execute assigned tasks and projects.
• Willingness to express your full potential bringing-in your value added, ideas and passion to continuously innovate daily job and solution.

Compensation Package

As part of our commitment to transparency, we want to share the compensation details for this position:

Applicable CBA: Metalmeccanico

Minimum annual salary: € 33.000,00

Variable Pay: Eligible for Company Productivity Bonus

The offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.

Benefits as per policy

Flexible working hours, hybrid work options, and a strong focus on work-life integration and Wellbeing support for employees and their families. Welfare plan with a wide range of personalized services, Canteen provided.

More about us

ABB Smart Buildings enables optimization of energy efficiency, safety, security and comfort for any building type, through new installations or retrofit solutions. The Division offers integrated digital technologies to control HVAC, lighting, shutters, and security, in addition to energy distribution solutions including DIN rail products, enclosures and emergency lighting through to industrial plugs and sockets and conventional wiring accessories, accommodating for single family homes, multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, infrastructure and industrial applications. The Division’s highly innovative technologies and digital solutions serve rising global demand among real estate developers, owners, and investors for smart building technologies that optimize energy distribution and building automation. The scalable solutions aim to deliver significant sustainable and financial benefits, meeting social and environmental demands, while being able to address even the most complex of customers’ carbon reduction strategies.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. Run What Runs the World.

#ABBCareers #RunwithABB

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.

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