Senior Quality Technician – Power Transformer QA

Hitachi; South Boston (VA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy USA Inc. in South Boston, Virginia, seeks a Senior Quality Technician to support quality assurance in production and assembly operations. You will implement QA activities, maintain quality documentation, and drive process improvements with the QA team.

Responsibilities include performing inspections, analyses, PFMEA updates, and change management for products and processes. Collaboration with manufacturing to meet customer quality requirements is essential.

Qualifications

• Must have 10 years of experience in winding, core stacking, and active part assembly for power transformers.
• Must have 5 years of experience in quality inspection/auditing in transformer manufacturing and using SAP/ERP systems including Quality Module.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the implementation of quality assurance activities within production/manufacturing operations.
• Execute quality control measures, conduct inspections, analyze data to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Participate in FMEA and risk mitigation activities to minimize process risks.
• Set up change management processes for products, processes, suppliers, materials, and designs.
• Maintain PFMEA and update as needed to track potential problems.
• Conduct routine inspections and audits of processes, materials, and products to identify quality issues and deviations.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to address customer-specific quality requirements and generate process performance reports.

Skills

Quality assurance

FMEA

Data analysis

Change management

Quality documentation

Quality control

SAP/ERP

GD&T

Risk assessment

Root cause analysis

Tools

SAP/ERP Systems

Job description

Hitachi Energy USA Inc. in South Boston, Virginia, seeks a Senior Quality Technician to support quality assurance in production and assembly operations. You will implement QA activities, maintain quality documentation, and drive process improvements with the QA team.

Responsibilities include performing inspections, analyses, PFMEA updates, and change management for products and processes. Collaboration with manufacturing to meet customer quality requirements is essential.