Quality Control Engineer

HoSt Group; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing scheme

Pension scheme

Travel allowance

Annual holiday allowance 8%

Flexible working hours

Work from home opportunities

Bicycle lease plan

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Bright Renewables, part of the HoSt Group, is hiring a Quality Control Engineer to ensure products meet quality standards before release. You will inspect, test, and monitor production processes, collaborating with manufacturing and engineering teams to drive continuous improvement.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree, 4+ years of relevant experience, and fluency in Dutch and English, with frequent travel (about one week per month). Flexible hours and home-working opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in quality documentation and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections and tests on materials, components, and finished products using established methods and tools.
• Develop, implement, and refine QC procedures to ensure consistent and accurate evaluation of product quality.
• Analyze quality data and test results, identifying trends and deviations from specifications.
• Document nonconformities and collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve quality issues.
• Calibrate and maintain inspection and testing equipment to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Ensure adherence to ISO 9001 or sector-specific standards and regulatory requirements.
• Support incoming, in-process, and final inspection activities with proper documentation.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and CAPA activities.
• Prepare detailed inspection reports and communicate findings to production and engineering teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Documentation

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical or related field

Job description

Your expertise in quality control can help shape the future of renewable energy.

Join us as a Quality Control Engineer.

About Us

Bright Renewables is a global leading supplier of advanced technologies for renewable energy including renewable gas and CO₂ capture, offering global end-to-end solutions from production to maintenance. Bright offers a dynamic, fast-growing environment. The company has doubled in size over the last 2 years and has the ambition to continue this fast growth trajectory in the coming years.

Bright executes projects in >30 countries in over 4 continents making it a true global leader in its field.

As part of the HoSt Group, we work with over 600 colleagues worldwide, including 300 at our headquarters in Enschede to accelerate the energy transition across the globe.

Your possition as Quality Control Engineer

The Quality Control Engineer ensures that products meet defined quality standards and regulatory requirements before release. This role focuses on inspection, testing, measurement, and monitoring of production processes to verify product conformity.

The Quality Control Engineer works closely with manufacturing, engineering, and quality teams to identify defects, ensure process stability, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Your responsibilities

• Perform inspections and tests on materials, components, and finished products using established methods and tools;

• Develop, implement, and refine QC procedures to ensure consistent and accurate evaluation of product quality;

• Analyze quality data and test results, identifying trends and deviations from specifications;

• Document nonconformities and collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve quality issues;

• Calibrate and maintain inspection and testing equipment to ensure accuracy and compliance;

• Ensure adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements, such as ISO 9001 or sector-specific standards;

• Support incoming, in-process, and final inspection activities, ensuring that processes are followed and properly documented;

• Participate in root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) activities;

• Prepare detailed inspection reports and communicate findings to production and engineering teams.

Our requirements

• A completed Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field.

• 4+ years of relevant experience in a similar position;

• Familiarity with quality metrics, sampling plans, and statistical process control (SPC).

• Experience with documentation systems, quality reporting tools, and nonconformity management.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong communication and documentation abilities.

• High attention to detail and accuracy.

• Expectation to travel frequently (1 week per month).

• Proficiency in both Dutch and English, German is a pre.

• Valid driver’s license (category B).

Our Offer

• Competitive employment conditions and a salary in line with experience and education;

• Attractive annual profit-sharing scheme (paid out in September) with a permanent contract;

• Excellent pension scheme;

• Travel allowance for commuting (€0.23 per km);

• Annual holiday allowance of 8%;

• The option to work 32 or 40 hours per week;

• Flexible starting times between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m.;

• Extensive opportunities to work from home;

• The opportunity to work for a market leader in sustainable energy with a strong focus on innovation, winner of the Oryx and Gazelle Awards 2024;

• Working in an international family-owned company where your ideas truly matter and successes are celebrated together;

• Joining a team of both junior and experienced professionals;

• From 2026: working in a brand-new, sustainably built office equipped with state-of-the‑art sustainable facilities in Hengelo;

• A high level of independence and responsibility;

• Plenty of opportunities for technical and professional development;

• A bicycle lease plan (new bike);

• The opportunity to earn gift vouchers by commuting by bicycle.