QA/QC Manager - Wind Towers

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Siemens Gamesa is part of Siemens Energy, a global leader in energy technology with a rich legacy of innovation spanning over 150 years. Together, we are committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. As a leading player in the wind industry and manufacturer of wind turbines, we are passionate about driving the energy transition and providing innovative solutions that meet the growing energy demand of the global community. At Siemens Gamesa, we are constantly seeking talented individuals to join our team and support our focus on energy transformation.

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How to contribute to our vision

Ensure and continuously improve quality of suppliers and their deliveries. Support and drive cross-functional cooperation with Procurement, Quality Management, Manufacturing and Logistics, R&D or/and Project Management (PM). Ensure compliance of SQM with applicable regulatory and quality requirements.

What You Need To Make a Difference

A passion for renewable energy and a sense for the importance to lead the change. We are also looking for…

• Ensures implementation and continuously improve the supplier quality part of the Integrated Management System (IMS) for the SQM community. Guarantees consistency with overall supplier quality strategy and respective local regulations.

• Plans, implements supply risk assessments and follows up the supplier audit program and supplier preassessments.

• Drives continuous improvement with management and lessons learned across assigned SQM organizational units.

• Ensures and controls implementation of prevention oriented SQM related methods and risk management in supplier related processes, projects and products (8D, RCA, APQP, FMEA).

• Implements communication strategy and plan to ensure understanding for specific supplier quality topics of the assigned org units.

• Collaborates with and uses the SQM-network and cross-functional resources within the organization (R&D, Procurement, QM…).

• Coordinates the competency management and training system for quality related competencies.

Required Skills:

• Knowledge on IMS

• Certified APQP Wind Specialist

• NDT level-II in UT, MPI, LPT & VT.

• 8D Problem Solving

• Application / Use of tools & QC, 8D, CAPA, A3, FMEA, SPC, MSA, CP, PFC.

• Knowledge on preparing, review and approving Quality Assurance Plan (QAP)

• IMS Internal Auditor (Optional)

• SAP / SRP (Preferred)

• Power BI(Preferred)

• Basic safety awareness (Preferred)

• Certified Welding & Painting Inspectors (Preferably CSWIP & NACE Certified)

• The candidate shall be 15+ Years experience in the relevant field 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• To effectively manage and monitor Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs) on daily supplier quality-related activities.

• Establish clear escalation protocols for when an SQE encounters an issue that requires higher-level intervention.

• Ensure SQEs are up-to-date on the latest quality management tools, techniques, and standards.

• Facilitate regular meetings between SQEs and other departments like production, engineering, and purchasing to ensure alignment and address cross-functional issues.

• Establish, manage, and implement a quality system that incorporates all specifications and customer requirements

• Actively Involved in discussions with customers to understand their quality requirements and establish a QAP for their projects.

• Expertise in handling Internal and External customer query's, Complaints and provide a suitable resolution on time. 

• Closely Interacting with functional quality head and Operating heads to understand the business requirements, KPI’s and aligning with the team to achieve the management goals.  

• Monitor Supplier NCR's, CA, and Process improvements, Collecting data and compiling supplier scorecards (KPI’s).

• Understand component specification and should be able to effectively communicate with Design team sustaining Engineering team in case of an issue with part Quality.

• Lead and direct SQE on supplier qualification, non-conformance management, supplier surveillance and quality initiatives supporting RCAs (Root Cause Analysis) of field events.

• Deploying Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Product Part Approval Processes (PPAP) for project specific.

• Support child part team with regular quality reviews and arriving an action plan.

• Involved in Production planning, Materials follow-up and expediting activities.

• Identifying the bottlenecks and eliminate the same to achieve the dept targets.

• Supplier quality development and Qualifications as per the organization’s requirements.

• NCC Cost Management.  Develop supplier scorecards that include NCC metrics such as defect rates, cost of non-conformance, and response times.

• Educate the team on safety practices and spread safety awareness to suppliers

• Schedule  periodic process Audit schedules for suppliers and drive the SQE to complete the audit as planned effectively and closely monitor the closure of audit points.

• Prepare a development training plan for SQE’s which is relevant  according to their skills and necessary.

• Collaborate with global functions to understand their requirements and prepare reports accordingly.

In return of your commitment we offer you…

• Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come

• A global team of diverse colleagues who share passion for renewable energy

• Trust and empowerment to make your own ideas reality

• Personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation

• Competitive Pension Scheme

Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come. We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality. We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organisation. Siemens Gamesa offers a wide variety of benefits such as flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues, employer-funded pension, attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable) and local benefits such as subsided lunch, employee discounts and much more

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