Quality Operations Lead — Drive World‑Class Quality

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Dammam; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Team Lead - Operation Quality to lead a quality engineering team in a high-standard manufacturing environment.

You will drive continuous improvement, oversee audits, and ensure compliance with ISO, internal Hitachi Energy standards, and customer expectations. The role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and 8–10 years of GIS quality control/assurance experience, with strong problem solving and English fluency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• 8-10 years of experience in GIS products, Quality control or assurance is preferred.
• Resolving HV Site Non conformance.
• Experience in inspection of material, ISO 9001, process or product auditing, QMS & internal quality auditing is preferred.
• Strong problem solving, planning and prioritizing and being a team player is advantageous.
• Proficiency in spoken & written English is required.

Responsibilities

• Leading team of quality engineers and technicians in a high-quality manufacturing or assembly environment.
• Planning and implementing team development, delivering on performance goals.
• Arranging and performing activities in shop floor related to quality checking of product, material incoming quality, production and testing process.
• Responsible for process development, procedures, templates and working instructions related to operations quality and incoming quality.
• Collaborating with and empowering all departments for deviation detection, nonconformance follow ups, root cause analysis, correction measures implementation and continuous improvement.
• Supporting in resolving quality issues from GIS assembly line or from site and following up NCR related improvement actions.
• Attending and participating in internal or external audits (ISO, Hitachi Energy, Customer) and closing findings and improvements.
• Participating in organizational changes and lean culture implementation within the BU.
• Implementing and monitoring the quality strategy for materials, customer complaints and processes using predefined quality KPI's.
• Arranging and performing failure analysis, reports using 8D template or similar and maintaining a safe environment by HSE requirements.
• Monitoring supplier quality performance, follow up corrective actions related to NCRs, CCRPs and suppliers.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity.

Skills

Problem solving

Planning

Prioritizing

Team player

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Team Lead - Operation Quality to lead a quality engineering team in a high-standard manufacturing environment.

You will drive continuous improvement, oversee audits, and ensure compliance with ISO, internal Hitachi Energy standards, and customer expectations. The role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and 8–10 years of GIS quality control/assurance experience, with strong problem solving and English fluency.