Quality Specialist: Incoming QC & Calibration Lead

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Padova; Hybrid; EUR 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Plan

Lunch ticket or canteen

Health Insurance

Pension Fund

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work model

Well-being platform

Family Care Benefits

Parking and Partnerships

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Quality Specialist for Incoming Quality & Tool/Calibration Management in Padova, Italy. You will oversee incoming materials, coordinate inspections, and drive calibration programs to ensure measurement reliability across suppliers and internal teams.

You will collaborate with procurement, production, engineering and quality to prevent issues and lead continuous improvement while aligning with ISO/IEC 17025 expectations. Fluency in Italian and English is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Incoming Quality or a related quality function.
• Good understanding of inspection methods, measurement systems, metrology principles, and calibration management.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, specifications, and quality requirements.
• Experience with SAP Quality Management modules or equivalent quality management systems is preferred.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and auditor qualification (ISO 9001 or equivalent) is considered a plus.
• Fluent in Italian and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming quality activities, ensuring that purchased materials and components meet technical and quality requirements.
• Coordinate inspection and verification activities for incoming products, supporting the timely resolution of non-conformities.
• Lead containment actions and disposition decisions for non-conforming incoming materials.
• Monitor non-conformity trends, cost of poor quality, and incoming inspection effectiveness.
• Manage the calibration program for measuring and test equipment, ensuring compliance with internal procedures, customer requirements, and applicable standards, while maintaining calibration records and ensuring timely calibration, verification, and maintenance activities.
• Coordinate the logistics of test instruments and oil sample, supporting warehouse personnel in handling, storage, tracking, and availability of tools required for field and workshop activities.
• Support warehouse operations by identifying, inspecting, and reintegrating materials and spare parts returned from field service activities, ensuring proper documentation, inventory accuracy, and availability for future use.
• Contribute to the reliability and accuracy of inspection and testing processes.
• Support internal and external audits related to quality systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities and continuously improve incoming inspection and quality processes.

Skills

Inspection methods

Measurement systems

Metrology

Calibration management

Reading drawings

Quality systems (ISO 9001)

SAP QM

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

English

Italian

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP QM

Job description

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Quality Specialist for Incoming Quality & Tool/Calibration Management in Padova, Italy. You will oversee incoming materials, coordinate inspections, and drive calibration programs to ensure measurement reliability across suppliers and internal teams.

You will collaborate with procurement, production, engineering and quality to prevent issues and lead continuous improvement while aligning with ISO/IEC 17025 expectations. Fluency in Italian and English is required.