Manufacturing Quality Assurance Associate — Entry Level

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking an entry-level Manufacturing Quality Assurance professional to develop and implement quality assurance strategies across manufacturing. You will establish process standards, controls, and PFMEA, while driving improvements through data analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

You will mentor teams, conduct training on quality practices, and support customer-specific quality requirements, risk mitigation, and CAPA activities throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• PFMEA development and maintenance experience.
• Experience with CAPA and root cause analyses.
• Familiarity with Lean and Six Sigma projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement manufacturing quality assurance strategies and improvement plans.
• Establish manufacturing process quality standards, specifications, and controls.
• Utilize data-driven decision-making to enhance quality performance.
• Provide quality performance reporting to management and stakeholders.
• Mentor and support quality professionals where applicable.
• Deliver quality awareness training and coaching to manufacturing personnel.
• Support fulfillment of customer-specific quality requirements.
• Analyze customer complaints, feedback, and quality concerns.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives aimed at improving customer satisfaction.
• Translate customer expectations into manufacturing process improvements.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, work instructions, and process controls.
• Conduct process audits and compliance assessments.
• Train manufacturing teams on quality management practices and risk mitigation methods.
• Conduct PFMEA.
• Identify manufacturing and assembly process risks.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to eliminate potential quality failures.
• Monitor effectiveness of risk controls and preventive actions.
• Maintain and update risk assessments throughout the product lifecycle.
• Manage change control activities related to: Product features, Manufacturing processes, Materials, Suppliers, Design modifications.
• Implement quality control plans and inspection requirements.
• Conduct process audits, inspections, and verification activities.
• Analyze test results, measurements, and statistical quality data.
• Identify trends and improvement opportunities through data analysis.
• Recommend and implement corrective actions to improve quality performance.
• Monitor key process performance indicators.
• Analyze manufacturing performance data and trends.
• Support implementation of Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions to improve process capability and efficiency.
• Train operators and manufacturing teams on performance monitoring methods.
• Investigate process and product non-conformities.
• Lead root cause analyses using structured problem-solving methodologies such as: 8D, 5 Why Analysis, Fishbone Diagram, Statistical Analysis Tools.
• Implement and verify effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve: Process capability, Product quality, Productivity, Cost efficiency, Operational performance.
• Participate in Lean and Six Sigma projects.
• Facilitate waste reduction and process optimization activities.
• Prioritize and execute improvement projects based on business impact.

Skills

PFMEA

Root cause analysis

CAPA

Lean Six Sigma

SPC

Data analysis

Quality audits

Tools

Statistical Analysis Tools

Process capability analysis

Job description

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking an entry-level Manufacturing Quality Assurance professional to develop and implement quality assurance strategies across manufacturing. You will establish process standards, controls, and PFMEA, while driving improvements through data analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

You will mentor teams, conduct training on quality practices, and support customer-specific quality requirements, risk mitigation, and CAPA activities throughout the product lifecycle.