Quality Specialist

ABB Inc.; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Health insurance

Paid time off

Employee discount program

Job summary

ABB Inc. in Houston is seeking a Quality & Operational Excellence Leader to drive local quality strategy, strengthen quality culture, and advance world‑class performance across customer sites in the Houston metro area.

You will champion prevention, lead robust root cause analysis, and ensure rapid, durable problem resolution through close collaboration with cross‑functional teams to meet and exceed customer expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of quality engineering experience.
• Ability to read diagrams and inspection records.
• Knowledge of NCR/SCAR processes and corrective actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication with teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Support communication related to quality management.
• Identify risks and opportunities in the local organization.
• Utilize quality data analytics to identify risks and non-conformances.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.

Skills

Quality engineering

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality

Tools

Engineering drawings

NCR/SCAR processes

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner-and every person here makes that happen. You'll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Quality & Operational Excellence Leader

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In this role, you will help drive the local quality strategy by strengthening quality culture, systems, tools, and capabilities to meet and exceed customer expectations. You will champion prevention and continuous improvement, support effective root cause analysis and rapid problem resolution, and ensure solutions deliver lasting results. Each day, through close collaboration with cross-functional teams, you will help achieve quality objectives and advance the organization toward world-class performance.

The work model for this role is not at an ABB office location. You will be working in the field, visiting various customer sites in the Houston, TX metro area.

Key Responsibilities

• Support specific communication relevant to quality management in your area of responsibility.
• Assist in continuously identifying and addressing risks and opportunities related to quality management in the local organization.
• Utilize quality data analytics from the organization to identify risks, failures, and non-conformances.
• Facilitate resolution of customer cases by following a robust root cause analysis and implementing preventive and corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent technical education and relevant experience.
• 2 or more years of prior quality engineering experience.
• Ability to read and interpret single-line diagrams, general arrangements, schematics, wiring diagrams, equipment drawings, weld documentation, and inspection/test records.
• Working knowledge of structured problem solving, NCR/SCAR processes, corrective action, and objective evidence.
• Effective written and verbal communication with suppliers, customers, Engineering, PMO, and field teams.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What's in it for you

We empower you to take the lead, share bold ideas, and shape real outcomes. You'll grow through hands-on experience, mentorship, and learning that fits your goals. Here, your work doesn't just matter, it moves things forward.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff… for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [e-mail].

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
• Vision benefit.
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay).
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay).
• Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums.
• Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid.
• Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption.
• Employee discount program.

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions.
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

More about us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment‑specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium‑voltage link between high‑voltage transmission systems and low‑voltage users. With ABB Ability enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium‑voltage air‑ and gas‑insulated switchgear (1 to 66 kilovolts), indoor and outdoor circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, contactors, relays, instrument transformers, sensors, motor control centers, as well as low‑voltage switchgear for the ANSI standard markets.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world.

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