Team Lead - Operation Quality | Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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

You as a Team Lead - Operation Quality will be part of Hitachi Energy business based in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Delivering World class quality and drive improvements. An Experienced Professional applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

How you’ll make an impact

• 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.
• Responsibility on process development, procedures, templates and working instructions related 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 form GIS assembly line or from site and follow up the NCR related improvement actions.
• Attending and participating in the internal or external audits (ISO, Hitachi Energy, Customer) and work with all departments to close all 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 sustaining a safe environment by implementing HSE requirements.
• Monitoring supplier quality performance, follow up corrective actions related to NCRs, CCRPs and suppliers.
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

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

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.