Incoming Quality engineer

Hitachi Energy is currently looking for an Incoming Quality engineer for the High Voltage Business to join their team in Maneja, Vadodara, India. This team seeks a skilled and motivated individual.

 Hitachi Energy is a leader in high-voltage technology, offering a wide range of high-voltage products up to 1,200-kilovolt (kV) helping enhance the safety, reliability and efficiency of power networks while minimizing environmental impact. Our technology leadership continues to facilitate innovations in power transmission, enabling smart grids and enhancing eco-efficiency.

Hitachi Energy’s EconiQ™ high-voltage portfolio eliminates SF6 with reliable and scalable solutions for the lowest carbon footprint. The EconiQ line has achieved two world’s first – the replacement of SF6 in existing high-voltage equipment called EconiQ retrofill and the breakthrough SF6-free 420 kV circuit-breaker. Hitachi Energy has placed sustainability at the heart of its Purpose and is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. 

The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment. He or she must be flexible to accommodate business requirements and experience in working with diverse groups and cultures. The ability to multitask & delivers within timelines is essential. The candidate will have excellent communications skills.

• Conduct thorough material inspections in accordance with approved drawings, technical specifications, and review test certificates.

• Prepare and maintain comprehensive documentation related to quality, including inspection reports, calibration reports, NCR (Non-Conformance Reports), rejection data, QAP, and work instructions.

• Perform Incoming Inspection of NPD part and provide the feedback to SQ &SCM.

• Develop checking fixtures, templates, and gauges to streamline the inspection process for parts.

• Ensured quality clearance through SAP (QM Module), improving efficiency and consistency in product quality.

• Conduct root cause analysis of non-conformance using problem reports and tools such as 4Q, DMAIC, 7QC, and 8D.

• Preparing necessary IIPs (incoming inspection plan), checklist and CTQ (Critical to Quality) parameters to ensure best quality of material from supplier. Training quality third party employees in basic quality test routines to ensure quality process are followed as per standard.

• Ensuring all quality tools and instruments are timely calibrated. Performing first article inspection (first out turn sample inspection) for new development.

• Regular Quality Observation Tour (QOT) and drive improvement actions.

• Regularly monitor production FPY data, identify repetitive failure modes and drive improvement actions.

• Review and monitor manufacturing non-conformance, deploy right problem-solving tool to drive improvement action. Ensure sustainable solution.

• Outgoing inspection.

• Perform routine Inspection of the raw material in IQC and participate in routine GEMBA for Daily Management.

• Ensure product meets all required specifications before final packing in line with check points. Identify gaps and improve upon the same. Share findings within team/s to drive improvement.

• Ensure no product is delivered with open non-conformance.

• REIWA learnt data base and improvement project.

• Built lessons learnt data base and share within teams.

• Digital initiatives.

• DPS (Digital Passport system) : Ensure effective implementation of DPS for each product. Each product going leaving factory must have DPS tag and Q-card filled in.

• REIWA : Deploy SAP S4 Hana Q-module for unit and ensure all manufacturing data (i.e., NCR / FPY / etc.) are maintained.

• Quality tools.

• Ensure effective use of SNCRP (i.e., customer and supplier NCR) tools.

• Ensure monthly Q-data are uploaded in RELEX tool.

• Internal and external audit.

• ISO : 9001 – 2015.

• 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.

• Qualification Diploma or B.Tech Mechanical.

• experience for the role 5 to 6 years.

• Must have & required skillset can be mentioned.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required